title: Stapes surgery: complications and airway infection.
abstract: From a group of 1,111 patients who had stapedectomy or stapedotomy performed in a 10-year period, a thorough investigation was made of 11 patients who had a total hearing loss and 8 patients who developed a partial sensorineural hearing loss after operation. The data obtained indicate that postoperative infection with influenza virus may be responsible for unexpected complications following stapedectomy. A close relation was found between the appearance of complications and periods of epidemics of influenza.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brahe Pedersen
authors.forename: J U
authors.initials: JU
authors.lastname: Felding
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003638:Deafness / Q000209:etiology; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000209:etiology; D006099:Granuloma / Q000209:etiology; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010046:Oval Window, Ear; D012086:Reoperation; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D013201:Stapes Surgery / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology*