If you have a slowly worsening hearing loss in your 20s, 30s or 40s, often with a family history, otosclerosis is one of the prime suspects. Stapedectomy is the precise microsurgery that almost always restores useful hearing.
Otosclerosis is a condition where new bone forms abnormally around the smallest bone in the body, the stapes, deep inside the middle ear. The stapes loses its ability to vibrate freely, sound stops reaching the inner ear properly, and you experience a slowly progressive hearing loss. It often runs in families and tends to start in young adulthood.
Stapedectomy is one of the most rewarding operations in ENT. Done under microscope, the fixed stapes is replaced with a tiny artificial piston (about 0.6mm wide), and most patients walk out with substantially restored hearing within a few weeks.
A clear, no-jargon walk-through of the symptoms that lead to surgery, and the exact steps inside the operating theatre.
Watch for this combination of symptoms, they make otosclerosis very likely:
Stapedectomy is a microscope-assisted day-care procedure performed under local or general anaesthesia.
A realistic timeline of how Rajkot patients typically recover, what's normal, what's not, when to call.
Mild giddiness, ear-canal packing in place. Avoid blowing nose.
Pack removed. Many patients notice hearing improvement immediately.
Full hearing benefit usually settles in. Audiometry repeated.
Long-term hearing stable for the vast majority.
Stapedectomy in Rajkot typically costs ₹70,000 to ₹1,40,000, including the prosthetic piston, theatre and anaesthesia.
Stapedectomy is one of the most successful ear surgeries, substantial hearing improvement in over 90% of carefully selected patients.
Most patients no longer need a hearing aid after a successful stapedectomy. A small minority with mixed hearing loss may still benefit from one.
Discomfort is usually mild. The procedure itself is done microscopically and most patients describe the recovery as easier than expected.
Stapedectomy is delicate but safe in experienced hands. Complications such as taste change or rare hearing loss are discussed in detail at the consultation.
If the other ear also has otosclerosis and your first surgery has gone well, yes, usually after 6-12 months.
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