בשל "הגנת זכויות יוצרים", מובא להלן קישור למאמר בלבד. לקריאתו בטקסט מלא, אנא פנה לספרייה הרפואית הזמינה לך.

Stapedotomy has been proved to be one of the most efficient procedure to treat otosclerosis, various factors contribute to the diversity of the outcomes and controversial results exist from previous studies.

Objectives: We evaluated clinical characteristics and outcomes of stapedotomy, as well as possible predictive factors of a successful outcome.

Materials and methods: This retrospective study evaluated 58 ears from 48 patients with demographic data, plus short-term follow-up of hearing outcomes of 28 ears, and evaluated variables using univariate general linear regression analyses.