title: [Results of stapedotomy in the cases of "floating footplate"].
abstract: One of the problems in the stapes surgery is the floating footplate. The frequency of incidence of this complication is 2% to 5.8% of all operations. The authors present the results of stapes operations in a group of 28 cases (2.5%) from all the 1120 operations, in which the surgeon experienced a floating footplate. The hearing results were evaluated on the base of the average gain of air-conduction thresholds and air-bone gap levels at 500, 1000, 2000 and 3000 Hz. The improvement of hearing we observed in 24 patients, 4 patients heard worse.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Laryngologii Sl. AM w Katowicach. laryngologia@spkm.katowice.pl
authors.forename: Tatiana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gierek
authors.forename: Lucyna
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Klimczak-Gołab
authors.forename: Danuta
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zbrowska-Bielska
authors.forename: Krystyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Majzel
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Witkowska
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D001309:Auditory Threshold; D001844:Bone Conduction; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013198:Stapedius / Q000601:surgery*; D013201:Stapes Surgery / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016896:Treatment Outcome