Surgery for congenital ossicular chain anomalies with a concomitant mobile stapes footplate provides positive audiometric outcomes.
Most ears had some sensorineural impairment (10 to 20 dB), which influenced the final hearing level attained after surgery.
Preoperative assessment is mandatory to search for syndromal diagnoses, which might be important for patient counseling and prognosis.
2012-05-21
Eng.
The Annals of otology, rhinology, and laryngology
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Donders Institute for Neuroscience, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2012 Apr;121(4):275-81
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