Surgical Treatment: The Ear

Chapter

Keypoints

  1. 1.

    Surgical restoration of hearing can improve tinnitus complaints in patients with tinnitus associated to conductive hearing loss.

     
  2. 2.

    Tinnitus is most likely to disappear after stapes surgery.

     
  3. 3.

    New-onset tinnitus or worsening of a pre-existing tinnitus can occur as an unwanted side effect of middle ear surgery.

     
  4. 4.

    Some patients with advanced Ménière’s disease might benefit from a surgical approach to their tinnitus.

     

Keywords

Tinnitus Ear surgery Tympanoplasty Stapedotomy Stapedectomy Ménière’s disease 

Abbreviations

PORP

Partial ossicular replacement

TORP

Total ossicular replacement

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Department of OtorhinolaryngologyUniversity of RegensburgRegensburgGermany

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