Surgical options for hearing loss in patients with osteogenesis imperfecta
✍ Scribed by Manuel Sainz; Juan García-Valdecasas; José M. Ballesteros
- Book ID
- 119648168
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Year
- 2009
- Weight
- 734 KB
- Volume
- 60
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 2173-5735
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21.4% of children developed hearing loss, a percentage similar to previous population studies. • Since all received treatment, we cannot determine directly bisphosphonate effects on hearing loss over time. • However, it appears that bisphosphonates neither increase hearing loss nor stop progression
## Abstract ## Objectives/Hypothesis: To provide data on the outcome of stapes surgery in patients with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI). The audiometric results of 15 ears (12 patients), in which a stapes operation was performed, are presented and compared with results from literature. ## Study Desi