Complications of stapedectomies.
The authors consider the consequences and treatment of any error during and after stapedectomy, and present the usually less developed complications of stapedectomies: postoperative cochlear drops, tinnitus, vertigo. They also mention the other complications of stapedial surgery, and they particularly advocate the half-posterior stapedectomy technique, associated with a sufficiently large venous interposition. The authors had no cases of severe permanent cochlear loss during the first postoperative month in a series of more than 4000 stapedectomies.
D001844:Bone Conduction; D006314:Hearing Loss, Conductive / Q000209:etiology; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D007762:Labyrinthitis / Q000209:etiology; D008581:Meningitis / Q000209:etiology; D013201:Stapes Surgery / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000209:etiology; D014717:Vertigo / Q000209:etiology