Microsurgery of the middle ear
Cable, H.R.
British Journal of Hospital Medicine 34(5): 266; 268-272
1985
ISSN/ISBN: 0007-1064 PMID: 3836720 Document Number: 246981
Microsurgery of the middle ear has evolved over the past three decades through the art of the technically possible to the art of the clinically advisable. Stapedectomy has been refined to achieve an acceptably high level of success. Tympanoplasty in its simpler forms (myringoplasty +/- incus transposition) is very successful in the restoration of a dry hearing ear. Reconstruction in the absence of a mobile stapes remains an unresolved problem. The safe avoidance of an open cavity in cholesteatomatous disease continues to be an elusive goal.