Stapes surgery in the elderly.

摘要

Thirty-eight patients aged 70 years and older submitted to stapedectomy by the same surgeon were identified and their clinical records retrospectively reviewed. The comparison group consisted of 38 patients belonging to a younger age group (less than 70 years old) who were randomly selected from patients operated with the same technique in or around the same period. Although the success rate, defined as a postoperative air-bone gap within 10 dB, was lower in the older group (71%) than in the younger group (92%), stapedectomy remains an effective surgical procedure also in the elderly.