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1 online resource (160 pages) |
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Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; 1. Early history of stapes fixation and otosclerosis; 2. Early conservative and surgical treatments ofotosclerosis; Non-surgicaltreatment ofotosclerosis; 1. Medical treatment of otosclerosis; 1.1. Treatment of the endocrine system for retardation of theotosclerosis process; 1.2. Sex hormones and treatment of otosclerosis; 1.3. Cortisone treatment in otosclerosis; 1.4. Fluoride therapy; 1.5. Bisphosphonate treatment; 2. Alternative well-meant therapies and advices; 2.1. Advices; 2.2. Ayurveda and otosclerosis |
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3. X-ray treatment of otosclerosis4. Re-education machines; 4.1. Kinésiphone; 4.2. Zünd-Burguet electrophonoïd; 5. Hearing aids and otosclerosis; Treatment ofotosclerosis andpregnancy; 1. Pregnancy and otosclerosis; 2. Eugenics and otosclerosis; 3. Sterilization and artificial abortus andotosclerosis; Surgical treatment of otosclerosis; 1. Alternative surgical approach for otosclerosis; 1.1. Wittmaack theory and treatment of otosclerosis; 1.2. Raising of the dura mater as treatment for otosclerosis; 2. Fenestration of the labyrinth |
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2.1. The development of the fenestration surgery as treatmentfor otosclerosis2.2. Fenestration operation; 2.2.1. Fenestration according to Maurice Sourdille; 2.2.2. Fenestration according to Julius Lempert; 2.2.3. Fenestration according to Oswald Otto Popper; 3. Mobilization of the stapes and stapediolysis; 3.1. Stapes mobilization; 3.2. Stapediolysis; 4. Stapedectomy and stapedotomy; 4.1. Stapedectomy; 4.2. Small-hole stapedotomy; 4.3. Laser stapes surgery; 4.4. Stapes prostheses; Treatment ofcochlear otosclerosis; 1. Histology on cochlear otosclerosis |
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2. Radiological investigation for cochlearotosclerosis3. Treatment of sensorineural deafness due tocochlear otosclerosis; 4. Cochlear implantation in far-advanced cochlearotosclerosis; Final remarks; About the author; References |
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PrefaceHearing loss due to otosclerosis has been a subject of many different treatments. Since the understanding at the end of the nineteenth century that the disease was located in and around the cochlea and that it produces conducting and also perceptive hearing loss, all kinds of medical as well as surgical treatments have been applied to cure the disease. Most of the treatments have fallen into oblivion after the successful introduction of the stapedectomy in the late fifties of the last century. This book tries to highlight almost all possible treatments for otosclerosis presented in lite |
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Includes bibliographical references |
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Otosclerosis.
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Otology -- History
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Ear -- Diseases.
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Otosclerosis -- therapy
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Otosclerosis -- history
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Otosclerosis
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Ear Diseases
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History, Early Modern 1451-1600
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History, Modern 1601-
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MEDICAL -- Surgery -- General.
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Ear -- Diseases
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Otology
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Otosclerosis
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789062998647 |
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906299864X |
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9062992366 |
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9789062992362 |
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