Patient Data
Age: 65
Gender: Male
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Axial bone window

Left stapes prothesis articulating with the oval window.
Case Discussion
Stapes reconstruction is most often used to restore conductive hearing loss in patients with otosclerosis or congenital abnormalities. Stapes reconstruction is also performed for discontinuity or fracture resulting from prior basilar skull fracture, binding cicatricial adhesions, or tympanosclerosis.1