EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVE: The focus of this paper is on the changing patterns of presentation of otosclerosis over the past 37 years. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective chart review. SETTING: Private otology practice. PATIENTS: Randomized selection of 400 patients (100 per decade) from 15,372 who underwent stapedectomy over the past four decades. OUTCOME MEASURES: Extent of cochlear involvement, bilaterality of disease, length of history, degree of hearing loss, and pathological findings are noted. RESULTS: The decreasing incidence of footplates necessitating drillouts is discussed. Changing audiometric patterns at presentation such as decreased pure-tone average hearing thresholds and smaller air-bone gaps are also reviewed. CONCLUSION: This review demonstrates the changing patterns of presentation of otosclerosis over the past 37 years and will help guide the stapes surgeon into the year 2000.
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVE: The focus of this paper is on the changing patterns of presentation of otosclerosis over the past 37 years. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective chart review. SETTING: Private otology practice. PATIENTS: Randomized selection of 400 patients (100 per decade) from 15,372 who underwent stapedectomy over the past four decades. OUTCOME MEASURES: Extent of cochlear involvement, bilaterality of disease, length of history, degree of hearing loss, and pathological findings are noted. RESULTS: The decreasing incidence of footplates necessitating drillouts is discussed. Changing audiometric patterns at presentation such as decreased pure-tone average hearing thresholds and smaller air-bone gaps are also reviewed. CONCLUSION: This review demonstrates the changing patterns of presentation of otosclerosis over the past 37 years and will help guide the stapes surgeon into the year 2000.
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