title: Stapedectomy for otosclerosis with malleus fixation.
abstract: Malleus fixation, in addition to stapes fixation, presents a perplexing surgical problem. Should the incus replacement prosthesis procedure be performed or only a stapedectomy? The hearing results of a stapedectomy alone in 45 cases with both stapes and malleus fixation are 70% within 10 dB and 84% within 20 dB of the preoperative bone conduction hearing level.
mesh_terms: D001844:Bone Conduction; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006320:Hearing Tests; D006801:Humans; D008307:Malleus / Q000601:surgery; D010040:Otosclerosis / Q000601:surgery*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013201:Stapes Surgery / Q000379:methods*