title: Surgery of the round window.
abstract: Tympanotomy is routinely performed in our institution to control the round window membrane for patients with recurrent sudden deafness, with Meniere-like attacks, and those with Meniere's disease. In a large number of these patients, especially those with vertigo, perilymph fistula has been diagnosed. Most patients are free of attacks after the fistula has been closed, and in those with a short history of illness, hearing can become normal. In the future, closure of the round window membrane should be considered an important procedure in the treatment of inner ear dysfunctions.
authors.affiliation: HNO-Klinik des Prosper-Hospitals, Recklinghausen, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Plath
mesh_terms: D001469:Barotrauma / Q000150:complications; D003051:Cochlea / Q000601:surgery*; D003052:Cochlear Aqueduct; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000601:surgery; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000601:surgery; D003639:Hearing Loss, Sudden / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007759:Labyrinth Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008575:Meniere Disease / Q000601:surgery; D012405:Round Window, Ear / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D014717:Vertigo