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Stapedectomy

This operation is performed for a condition called otosclerosis. In otosclerosis the stapes hearing bone is frozen. The abnormal bone is removed, usually with a laser, and replaced with an artificial microscopic titanium bone with complete restoration of hearing.

Providers
Portrait of Samuel P Gubbels, MD, FACS Samuel P Gubbels, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor
Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Section of Otology & Neurotology
Phone: (608) 265-0494
E-mail: gubbels@surgery.wisc.edu
Specialties: Otolaryngology
Portrait of G. Mark Pyle, MD G. Mark Pyle, MD
Professor, Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Academic Vice-Chair, Division of Otolaryngology
Section Head, Otology & Neurotology
Residency Program Director
Phone: (608) 265-0494
E-mail: pyle@surgery.wisc.edu
Specialties: Otolaryngology

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