title: Stapes surgery: results when performing a moderate number of stapedectomies.
abstract: Stapes surgery: results when performing a moderate number of stapedectomies. The short term results of 40 small fenestra stapedectomies over a period of five years are presented. Closure of the air-bone gap is within 10 db in 62.5%, within 20 db in 90% of the cases, with a mean gain in air-bone gap of 27.2 db. Stapes surgery is difficult if not regularly performed. The concept of a learning curve is demonstrated in this study.
authors.affiliation: AZ St. Elisabeth, Herentals, Belgium.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Puls
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001844:Bone Conduction / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006309:Hearing / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010040:Otosclerosis / Q000601:surgery*; D011184:Postoperative Period; D013201:Stapes Surgery / Q000379:methods*