Abstract Purpose of Review To summarize and critically review recent literature on the relative cost-effectiveness hearing augmentation versus stapes surgery for treatment otosclerosis. Recent Findings Otosclerosis leads to reduced patient quality life, which can be ameliorated by either surgery, or aid usage. The success is high, risks serious postoperative complications are low. Hearing aids ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate with a new otologic database the results of primary stapes surgery for otosclerosis with up to 14 years of follow-up in a consecutive series of 2,525 patients operated on by the same surgeon with the same technique (stapedotomy and vein graft interposition) and to provide online access to the complete data of this study for the reviewers. To study the effect of specific op...

in this research, anatomical descriptions of the structure of the temporal bone and auditory ossicles have been performed based on dissection of ten guinea pigs. the results showed that, in guinea pig temporal bone was similar to other animals and had three parts; squamous, tympanic and petrous .the tympanic part was much better developed and consisted of oval shaped tympanic bulla with many re...

OBJECTIVE Micropick fenestration of the stapes footplate, a difficult step in stapedotomy, was selected for trials evaluating the potential for robotic assistance (RA) to improve clinical measures of surgical performance. STUDY DESIGN In a surgical model of stapedotomy, we measured accuracy of fenestration to a desired point location and force applied to the stapes footplate. Performance vari...

After stapes surgery, patients with mixed or moderate hearing loss have limited possibilities for hearing improvement. We are reporting on a patient who underwent stapedotomy bilaterally 20 years ago and had sensorineural and mixed hearing loss. Recurrent otitis externa prevented the use of hearing aids. This patient was treated bilaterally with the Vibrant Soundbridge (Med-El, Innsbruck, Austr...

IMPORTANCE Physicians should ideally be able to provide patients with chronic otitis media and/or cholesteatoma specific information about postoperative hearing outcome, based on their level of preoperative ossicular chain damage (OCD). OBJECTIVE To identify the influence of preoperative OCD on hearing outcomes in patients after chronic otitis media and/or cholesteatoma surgery. DATA SOURCE...

X-linked mixed hearing loss with stapes fixation is a congenital, recessive anomaly. The condition is characterized by progressive mixed hearing loss, reduced vestibular responses, and congenital fixation of the stapes with perilymph gusher encountered during surgical intervention. This paper describes the audiologic history of a family with two affected male children and one carrier female chi...

OBJECTIVE To assess hearing results following primary stapes surgery in patients with otosclerosis, comparing local and general anesthesia. DATA SOURCES PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Library, CINAHL, and Scopus. REVIEW METHODS A systematic search was conducted, followed by assessment of directness of evidence and risk of bias. Studies reporting original data on the effect of local anesthesia...