title: Management of otoscierosis--an Irish perspective.
abstract: The last 30 years have seen a gradual change in the management of otosclerosis. The aim of this study is to evaluate the current practice amongst Irish otolaryngology consultants by a questionnaire and to compare it with the practice currently followed in Great Britain. Thirty-eight responses (67.9%) were available for analysis. The overall trend is towards centralisation with a reduction in the number of surgeons undertaking stapes surgery (39%). The majority of consultants (67%) who undertake stapes surgery would operate for a unilateral conductive loss and 67% would undertake bilateral stapes surgery. Stapedotomy is the only operation performed (100%) with none of the consultants performing partial or total stapedectomies.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Otolaryngology, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast, UK. rautvivek@hotmail.com
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Raut
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Toner
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Kerr
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stevenson
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009660:Northern Ireland; D010040:Otosclerosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013201:Stapes Surgery / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires