Patients who underwent stapedotomy at a university hospital between 2010 and 2015 with a diagnosis of
otosclerosis were included in the study.
adult population,
otosclerosis is a primary degenerative idiopathic osteodystrophy of the osseous otic capsule that most commonly affects Caucasians in young to middle adulthood.
The technique of surgery for
otosclerosis has evolved in the hands of different surgeons and there is diversity of opinion among the otologists about the type of operations that will give satisfactory and lasting results.
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- Understand issues and surgical modifications unique to pediatric cochlear implantation, to revision surgery, and in postmeningitis,
otosclerosis, and NF2 cases
Causes of CHL include ear wax, foreign bodies in the external auditory canal, swimmer's ear, a hole in the ear drum, fluid in the middle ear, ear infection, fracture of the bones of hearing, and stifening of the bones of hearing (i.e.,
otosclerosis).
[sup][13],[20],[21] In addition, patients with arterial abnormalities, tumors involving the temporal bones,
otosclerosis, and poor-quality images were excluded.
Valli has been through three marriages, and for a while lost his hearing due to
otosclerosis, although he still performed (surgery corrected the problem).
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