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SUBMITTER: Bagger-Sjoback D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4544016 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bagger-Sjöbäck Dan D Strömbäck Karin K Hultcrantz Malou M Papatziamos Georgios G Smeds Henrik H Danckwardt-Lillieström Niklas N Tideholm Bo B Johansson Ann A Hellström Sten S Hakizimana Pierre P Fridberger Anders A
Scientific reports 20150821
Otosclerosis is a common disorder that leads to conductive hearing loss. Most patients with otosclerosis also have tinnitus, and surgical treatment is known to improve hearing as well as tinnitus. Some patients however experience worsening of tinnitus after the operation, but there are no known factors that allow surgeons to predict who will be at risk. In this prospective observational study on 133 patients undergoing stapedotomy, we show that postoperative air conduction thresholds at very hig ...[more]