Otosclerotic inner ear syndrome.
Twenty-seven patients with clinical otosclerosis and vertigo underwent stapedectomies. Vertigo improved or completely disappeared in 23 patients, indicating that stapedectomy is probably helpful. Three case reports are also presented as well as photomicrographs of temporal bones showing the focus in contact with the pars superior.
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010040:Otosclerosis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013201:Stapes Surgery; D013577:Syndrome; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000473:pathology; D014717:Vertigo / Q000150:complications*