title: [Our experience in the surgery of otosclerosis].
abstract: A retrospective study of 613 operations on 495 patients with otosclerosis was made in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of Hospital General Universitario of Alicante between 1974 to 1992. The clinical-pathological characteristics of this series were studied. Statistical analysis of the results was made. The improvement in air-bone gap for conversational frequencies was 27 dB. Closure of the postoperative air-bone gap for conversational frequencies was 7.6 dB and the overall percentage of closure of this gap was 80.5%. Better auditory results were obtained with partial platinectomy than with stapedectomy. Nothing was inserted between the prosthesis and the vestibule, permitting a shorter, easier operation with no occurrence of perilympathic fistule.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de ORL, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Hurtado García
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Talavera Sánchez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aracil Montesinos
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: López-Rico
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010040:Otosclerosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013199:Stapes / Q000503:physiopathology; D013201:Stapes Surgery