[Otosclerosis: stapedectomy or stapedotomy. A long-term comparative study. Apropos of 1279 cases].

The authors report 1279 surgical operations of otosclerosis performed between 1980 and 1992 in 959 operated patients. They chose the autegenous vein or perichondrium interposition TeflonR piston; however this technique has improved over the past few years. The size of the stapedectomy has been diminishing; from total, then partial stapedectomy, at last to 0.