Surgical and Audiologic Outcomes in Endoscopic Stapes Surgery across 4 Institutions

Conclusions The present multicentered study of endoscopic stapes surgery demonstrates similar audiometric and postoperative outcomes previously published in the literature, with a median postoperative air-bone gap of 9.0 dB HL. Future prospective endoscopic stapes surgery studies, addressing the need for scutum removal, postoperative taste changes, and pain scores, are merited.

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Source: Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery - May 31, 2016 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Hunter, J. B., Zuniga, M. G., Leite, J., Killeen, D., Wick, C., Ramirez, J., Rivas, J. A., Nogueira, J. F., Isaacson, B., Rivas, A. Tags: Otology and Neurotology Source Type: research