Introduction: Stapedectomy is now one of the most popular and common surgeries done worldwide. Otosclerosis remains the most common single cause of conducting hearing loss in adult population. Females are more frequently affected than males with an approximate 2:1 ratio. Materials and Methods: This study consists of 94 patients who underwent stapedectomy for otosclerosis. This study was conduct...

Otosclerosis is an otodystrophy of the otic capsule and is a cause of conductive, mixed or sensorineural hearing loss in the 2nd to 4th decades of life. Otosclerosis is categorised into two types, fenestral and retrofenestral. Imaging plays an important role in the diagnosis and management of otosclerosis. High-resolution CT (HRCT) of the temporal bone using 1-mm (or less) thick sections is the...

BACKGROUND Bone conduction (BC) threshold depression is not always by means of sensory neural hearing loss and sometimes it is an artifact caused by middle ear pathologies and ossicular chain problems. In this research, the influences of ear surgeries on bone conduction were evaluated. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study was conducted as a clinical trial study. The ear surgery performed on 83 pa...

UNLABELLED The treatment of otosclerosis is eminently surgical. Good immediate results have been well documented when stapedotomy or stapedectomy are chosen. OBJECTIVES This study aims to assess long term audiometric performance after otosclerosis surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS this retrospective study enrolled stapedotomy and partial stapedectomy patients seen at our service with proven he...

AIM Analysis of indications for stapes revision surgery in patients qualified for the secondary procedure at the Otosurgery Dept. Medical University of Lodz. MATERIAL AND METHODS 25 cases of stapes revision surgery out of the 385 total treated surgically otosclerosis cases are discussed. RESULTS In group A (patients after total stapedectomy) the following indications for the secondary surgi...