BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) is a rare complication
of stapes surgery that may arise for many reasons. Usually, the pathogenesis of SNHL can …

Objectives To evaluate the applicability of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as a method
for monitoring the activity of otospongiotic lesions before and after clinical treatment. Study …

Sensorineural hearing loss and/or vertigo are rare but severe complications of stapes
surgery for otosclerosis, ranging from 0.2 to 3%. Management of such complications …

Otosclerosis very often leads to severe hearing loss in a chronic progressive manner. In the
first phase of the disease, otospongiosis causes an inflammatory osteolytic process in the …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Cavitary plaques have been reported as a manifestation
of otospongiosis. They have been related to third window manifestations, complications …

Objective: To determine the incidence of abnormal otospongiotic or otosclerotic findings on
high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) as read by local radiologists in patients with …

Stapedotomy is primarily performed to treat hearing loss secondary to otospongiosis,
although some patients find that the accompanying tinnitus is more bothersome than the …

After primary stapes surgery, sensorineural hearing loss associated with vertigo is a rare
complication today, with rates ranging from 0.2% to 3%. 1 The underlying causes of this …

Otosclerosis (OS) is a dysplasia of the otic capsule located in most cases on the anterior
margin of the oval window or fissula ante fenestrum. Progressive conductive hearing loss is …

A76-YEAR-OLD woman with a history of oto-sclerosis presented with progressive hear-ing
loss in her left ear. She had undergone a stapedectomy 40 years previously and 3 revision …