title: Eighteen-year report on stapedectomy. I. Problems of stapedial fixation.
abstract: This first section deals with various techniques performed by the authors who conclude in favour of a living tissue graft sealing the oval window, particularly Teflon-piston against veingraft, i.e the "Teflon-interposition' technique. Intra-operative problems of associated diseases and of the technical difficulties encountered during stapedectomy, are related and their treatment explained. Revision operations and immediate postoperative therapy end this first part.
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia; D003054:Cochlear Implants; D005402:Fistula / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D010040:Otosclerosis / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013201:Stapes Surgery / Q000379:methods*; D014680:Veins / Q000637:transplantation