ATTACHMENT OF THE STAPES TO THE OVAL WINDOW IN MAN
- 1 January 1954
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery
- Vol. 59 (1) , 18-29
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archotol.1954.00710050030002
Abstract
THE THEORETICAL and practical interest in the attachment of the stapes to the oval window dates back to the beginning of clinical otology. The interest was aroused by the experiments of Flourens, Kessel, Botey, Grunert, Garnault, and Faraci (quoted by Politzer1), which have indicated that, after the extraction of the stapes and the outflow of perilymph, animals become deaf but regain hearing after elapse of several days or weeks. The microscopic examination has shown that in these animals the oval window was closed by a newly formed membrane. The findings, as far as the hearing is concerned, are open to criticism. However, the findings, as far as the cure of the stapes extraction is concerned, are apparently correct and are valid for both man and animal. This can be proved by the following case.2 A deaf-mute girl, age 25 years, had a radical mastoid operation performed in herKeywords
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