Radiological and audiological predictors of stapes destruction in adherent pars tensa.

Naoki Ishibashi Masaomi Motegi Yutaka Yamamoto Takara Nakazawa Motoki Hirabayashi Sho Kurihara Masahiro Takahashi Kazuhisa Yamamoto Yuika Sakurai Hiromi Kojima

Published in: European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (2023)

High preoperative awareness of the possibility of destruction of the stapes superstructure would enable the surgeon to make a timely decision to provide surgical intervention before progression to severe stapes destruction, thereby maintaining long-term satisfactory hearing.

Keyphrases

randomized controlled trial
patients undergoing
early onset
hearing loss
drug induced