title: Stapedectomy in patients with small air-bone gaps.
abstract: Controversy exists concerning stapedectomy for patients with small air-bone gaps. The purpose of this study was to examine the results for patients who had a stapedectomy to correct a small (10 dB or less) air-bone gap. One hundred fifty-four patients with suspected otosclerosis were explored and a stapedectomy was performed in 136 (88.3%) of these cases. The mean pure-tone average (PTA) improved 16.7 dB and overdosed the preoperative bone conduction PTA by 8.1 dB. The majority of the stapedectomy patients (89.7%) had a PTA closure greater than or equal to 0 dB. These results showed that stapedectomy can be an effective procedure for eliminating and overdosing even small air-bone gaps due to otosclerosis.
authors.affiliation: Warren Otologic Group, Ohio, USA.
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Lippy
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Burkey
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Schuring
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Rizer
mesh_terms: D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D001309:Auditory Threshold; D001844:Bone Conduction; D003638:Deafness / Q000209:etiology; D004244:Dizziness / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006309:Hearing; D006314:Hearing Loss, Conductive / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009998:Ossicular Prosthesis; D010040:Otosclerosis / Q000601:surgery; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013201:Stapes Surgery / Q000009:adverse effects; D016896:Treatment Outcome