title: Occasional stapes surgery--a Norwegian experience.
abstract: The past history of, and current trend in, stapes surgery are reviewed, and experience from a personal series of 128 procedures over an 18 year period is presented. Results are frequently poorer than many surgeons and their patients anticipate, and more stringent pre-operative case selection and centralisation of surgical activity would appear desirable. Amplification has become a more acceptable management alternative for some patient categories.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ulleväl Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: I W
authors.initials: IW
authors.lastname: Mair
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009664:Norway; D013201:Stapes Surgery / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends