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The Microscopic Transcanal Approach in Stapes Surgery Revisited
Published on: February 16, 2022
[Stapedectomy versus stapedotomy. Our experience]
C Pollan1, M L Navarrete, J Galindo
1Hospital Valle de Hebrón, Barcelona, Barcelona, España.
Acta Otorrinolaringologica Espanola
|April 27, 1999
Abstract:
Otosclerosis surgery has seen three well-differentiated stages of development: a) SHC fenestration; b) stapes mobilization, and c) platinectomy, a procedure introduced in 1960 by Shea. Since then, only one variation has been proposed: platinotomy. After a comparative study of platinectomy versus platinotomy, we, like other authors, concluded that platinotomy was a better technique because of the ease of execution and good functional results.

