[Long-term results of stapes surgery--over 1000 patients].
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.
Gierek
Tatiana
T
Katedra i Klinika Laryngologii Slaskiej Akademii Medycznej, Katowicach. laryngologia@spskm.katowice.pl
Klimczak-Gołab
Lucyna
L
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