title: [Long-term results of stapes surgery--over 1000 patients].
abstract: Authors present audiometric results of 1200 patients with otosclerosis post stapedotomy. Air-conduction, bone-conduction and air-bone gap was measured prior the surgery and 12 months post stapedotomy for frequencies 0.5, 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 kHz. In the analysed group of 1200 patients a postoperative air-bone gap 0-10 and 11-20 dB was obtained in 93.7% patients. The result of stapedotomy in reference to tinnitus based on the patients' subjective opinion showed that 78.0% patients were either free from tinnitus or tinnitus was subjectively decreased. Authors stress that some anatomical abnormalities in the tympanic cavity might influence on the result of stapes surgery.
authors.affiliation: Katedra i Klinika Laryngologii Slaskiej Akademii Medycznej, Katowicach. laryngologia@spskm.katowice.pl
authors.forename: Tatiana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gierek
authors.forename: Lucyna
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Klimczak-Gołab
mesh_terms: D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D001844:Bone Conduction; D006801:Humans; D010040:Otosclerosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D013201:Stapes Surgery; D013997:Time Factors; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D016896:Treatment Outcome