[Protects stapedectomy from increasing otosclerotic inner ear deafness? (author's transl)].
The favourable influence--first shown by Shambaugh--of fenestration operation used in cases of the otosclerosis which cause a rapid sensorineural hearing loss can also be stated for stapedectomy. A negative influence of stapedectomy on inner ear stability was not determined. Especially the ears whose inner ear function is very bad were favoured by this operation.
D001844:Bone Conduction; D003638:Deafness / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D010040:Otosclerosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013201:Stapes Surgery
Schützkt die Stapedektomie vor fortschreitender otosklerotischer Innenohrschwerhörigkeit?