OTOSCLEROSIS

16 May 1942

journal article
research article
Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA

Vol. 119 (3) , 243-248
https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1942.02830200011003

Abstract

That the hearing may be partially restored, perhaps permanently, in cases of otosclerosis by means of a one stage surgical procedure was first reported by Lempert¹ in 1938 and has since been confirmed by Campbell,² by Ersner and Myers³ and by my own experience.⁴ I first used the fenestration operation on July 15, 1938 and have performed it on a total of 117 patients with otosclerosis between that date and Dec. 11, 1941. Sufficient time has now elapsed since this new operation was first used to warrant an analysis of the results and an evaluation of its usefulness in impaired hearing due to otosclerosis. OTOSCLEROSIS: PATHOLOGY, INCIDENCE, DIAGNOSIS Otosclerosis is a unique disease of bone found only in man and is confined exclusively to the bony capsule surrounding the inner ear. The pathologic lesion of otosclerosis consists of a rather sharply localized focus of vascular, spongy,

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