A Hundred Stapedectomies

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This article describes the result of the first 100 stapedectomies carried out at the ear, nose and throat department of the Bergen University Hospital. The method employed was a steel wire-fat prothesis ad modum Shuknecht. Hearing was improved and the bone gap was closed down to 10 decibels or less in 97 cases. The hearing remained unaltered in 2 cases. One ear became deaf due to infection. In many cases a marked improvement in other frequences. No definite correlation was found between loss of hearing and the invasion of the oto-sclerotic bone at the stapes plate. Small amounts of blood in scala vestibuli during the operation did not appear to affect hearing improvement.

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