title: Stapedectomy versus stapedotomy.
abstract: Four hundred and twelve consecutive stapes operations for otosclerosis performed by the author were analyzed. A fat wire stapedectomy prosthesis (Schuknecht) was used in 160 cases and a Fisch Teflon wire piston in 252 ears. Ninety-four percent of the patients with a fat wire prosthesis had a closure within 10 dB and the remaining 6% one within 10-20 dB. As for patients with a Fisch Teflon wire piston, 85% had a closure within 10 dB, and 98-100% within 0-20 dB. Speech reception was better after the operation in 97% of patients with the fat wire prosthesis and in 99% of patients having the Teflon wire piston. There was a significantly different improvement in speech reception (p < 0.02) at the 20-dB level in favor of the Teflon wire piston. Our results show that the small fenestra technique with a 0.4-mm piston causes better speech reception at high frequencies.
authors.affiliation: Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
authors.forename: Per
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Møller
mesh_terms: D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D001309:Auditory Threshold / Q000502:physiology; D001844:Bone Conduction / Q000502:physiology; D005276:Fenestration, Labyrinth / Q000379:methods*; D006314:Hearing Loss, Conductive / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009998:Ossicular Prosthesis; D010040:Otosclerosis / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D012086:Reoperation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013069:Speech Reception Threshold Test; D013201:Stapes Surgery / Q000379:methods*