Vol.103 No.2 contentsPRACTICA OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGICA
Vol. 103 No. 2 February 2010
Otosclerosis Update (2)
-Treatment and Prevention-
Kaoru Ogawa, Yasuhiro Inoue, Hideyuki Saito, Sho Kanzaki,
Yasuhide Okamoto, Kunio Mizutari, Takashi Suzuki, Naoki Oishi,
Yukiko Watada, Takahisa Watabe and Masato Fujioka
(Keio University)
Conductive hearing impairiment induced by otosclerosis, a typical otological disease, can be dramatically improved by surgery. This review introduces an original surgical procedure using a ceramic apatite implant, and summarizes successful surgical results involving 160 otosclerotic ears.
Key words :otosclerosis, prevention, ceramic apatite implant, stapedectomy, tinnitus, ear fullness