Unfavourable prognostic factors in patients treated surgically for otosclerosis

• Published in: Acta oto-laryngologica Vol. 140; no. 7; pp. 533 - 536
• Main Authors: Wiatr, Agnieszka, Wiatr, Maciej
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Taylor & Francis 02.07.2020
• Subjects: Adult; Bone Conduction; Ear, Middle - abnormalities; Ear, Middle - surgery; hearing improvement; Humans; Middle Aged; Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical Procedures; Otosclerosis; Otosclerosis - surgery; Prognosis; prognostic factors; Stapes Surgery; Temporal Bone; hearing improvement; prognostic factors; Otosclerosis

Backgrounds: Otosclerosis is the cause of between 5% and 9% of all deafness cases and between 18% and 22% of conductive hearing loss cases. Neurosensory deafness develops in 30% of patients with otosclerosis. Aims/Objectives: The aim was to seek a correlation that would reflect the dependence of the...