A Treatise on Otoslerosis and its Treatment.

Intro -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. Otosclerosis and early surgical treatment -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. The anatomical discovery of the middle ear -- 1.3. The discovery of the otosclerosis -- 1.4. Early research on otosclerosis -- 1.5. Attempts to remobilize the ossiculair chain -- 1.6. Middle ear surgery in the 19th century -- 1.7. Tenotomy of the tensor tympani -- 1.8. Mechanical surgery of the middle ear ossicles by Lucae -- 1.9. Johannes Kessel, the 'Father of stapes surgery' -- 1.10. Reactions to the first paper on stapes surgery -- 1.11. Frederick Lafayette Jack -- 1.12. Trephining the cochlea and stapedial footplate -- 1.13. Extraction of the auditory ossicles -- 1.14. The end of early stapes surgery -- 1.15. The condemnation of stapes and middle ear surgery -- 2. The father of otoslerosis -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Joseph Toynbee -- 2.3. Temporal bone studies -- 2.4. Toynbee's death -- 2.5. Toynbee's legacy -- 3. Etiological theories and hypotheses on otosclerosis -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Possible extrinsic etiological factors -- 3.2.1 Infection as cause of onset of otosclerosis -- 3.2.2. Measles and otosclerosis -- 3.2.3. The theory of vitamin deficiency in relation with otosclerosis -- 3.3. Possible intrinsic etiological factors -- 3.3.1. The introduction of the light microscope and otosclerosis research -- 3.3.2. Primary disease of the labyrinthine capsule -- 3.3.3. Endocrine factors and otosclerosis -- 3.3.4. Theories on systemic diseases of the skeleton -- 3.3.5 Violent discussions on the etiology of otosclerosis -- 3.3.6. Micro traumata as origin for otosclerosis -- 3.3.7. Fissura ante fenestram and otosclerosis -- 3.3.8. An electrochemical factor in the pathogenesis of otosclerosis -- 3.3.9. Heredity of otosclerosis -- 3.3.10. Blue sclerae, osteogenesis imperfecta and otosclerosis -- 4. Genetic factors in otosclerosis.

4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. The HLA System and otosclerosis -- 4.3. COL1A1 gene and otosclerosis -- 4.4. A gene location for otosclerosis (OTSC, TGFB1, BMP2, and BMP4 ) -- 4.5. Reviews on the etiology of otosclerosis since 2000 -- 5. The pathology and histopathology of otosclerosis -- 5.1. Early otosclerosis histology -- 5.2. The localization of the otosclerosis foci -- 5.3. Histopathology studies on otosclerosis -- 5.4. Active and inactive otosclerotic lesions -- 6. Medical treatments of otosclerosis -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Phosphor treatment for otosclerosis -- 6.3. Slowing down the otosclerosis process by treating the endocrine system -- 6.4. Treatment of otosclerosis by Panitrin -- 6.5. Sex hormones and treatment of otosclerosis -- 6.6. Cortisone treatment of otosclerosis -- 6.7. Otosclerosis and fluoride therapy -- 6.8. Bisphosphonate treatment -- 7. Alternative treatments of otosclerosis -- 7.1. Advices to prevent otosclerosis -- 7.2. Ayurveda and otosclerosis -- 7.3. Cerebrospinal puncture and air replacement for otosclerosis -- 7.4. Diathermia treatment for otosclerosis -- 7.5. Bone implantation to solve the problem of otosclerosis biochemically -- 7.6. X-ray treatment of otosclerosis -- 7.7. Re-education machines -- 7.7.1. Kinésiphone -- 7.7.2. Zünd-Burguet electrophonoïd -- 8. Hearing aids and otosclerosis -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. Electric hearing aids -- 8.3. Bone-anchored hearing aids -- 8.4. Audiant Bone Conductor and BAHA attract implant -- 8.4.1. Baha® 4 Attract Systems -- 8.5. DACS (Direct Acoustical Cochlear Stimulation) -- 9. Pregnancy and otosclerosis -- 9.1. Otosclerosis in pregnancy -- 9.2. Eugenics and otosclerosis -- 10. Surgical treatment of otosclerosis -- 10.1. Wittmaack theory and treatment of otosclerosis -- 10.2. Raising of the dura mater as treatment for otosclerosis -- 10.3. Fenestration of the labyrinth.

10.5. Fenestration operation -- 10.5.1. Fenestration according to Maurice Sourdille -- 10.5.2. Fenestration according to Julius Lempert -- 10.5.3. Fenestration according to Oswald Otto Popper -- 10.6. Osteogenetic closure of the newly-created fenestra in fenestration surgery -- 10.7. Results of the fenestration surgery -- 10.8. Mobilization of the stapes and stapediolysis -- 10.8.1. Stapes mobilization -- 10.8.2. Stapediolysis -- 10.9. Stapedectomy and stapedotomy -- 10.9.1. John Joseph Shea and the stapedectomy -- 10.9.2. Modifications on the classic stapedectomy -- 10.10. Laser stapes surgery -- 10.11. Stapes prostheses -- 11. The current stapedotomy procedure -- 11.1. Diagnosis -- 11.2. Physical examination -- 11.3. Audiometry -- 11.4. Imaging before stapes surgery -- 11.5. Surgical treatment of otosclerosis -- 11.6. The incision -- 11.7. Exposition of the oval window -- 11.8. Middle inspection and removal stapes superstructure -- 11.9. Interposition of the stapes prosthesis -- 11.10. Postoperative care -- 11.11. Endoscopic ear surgery for otosclerosis -- 12. Complications in otosclerosis surgery -- 12.1. Introduction -- 12.2. Postoperative complications -- 12.2.1. Meningitis -- 12.2.2. Tinnitus and otosclerosis -- 12.3. Chorda tympani and otosclerosis surgery -- 12.3.1. Damage of the chorda during surgery -- 12.4. Facial paralysis and stapes surgery -- 12.5. Conductive hearing loss remains -- 12.5.1. Displacement of the stapes prosthesis -- 12.5.2. Incus displacement -- 12.5.3. Postoperative fibrous adhesions -- 12.6. Incus necrosis -- 12.6.1. Reparative granuloma after stapes surgery -- 12.7. Perilymphatic fistula in stapes surgery -- 12.7.1. Gusher in stapes surgery -- 12.8. The persistent stapedial artery and stapes surgery -- 12.9. Ménière's disease and vertigo in otosclerosis -- 12.10. Sensorineural hearing loss after stapes surgery.

12.11. Revision stapes surgery in otosclerosis -- 13. Age and otosclerosis -- 13.1. Introduction -- 13.2. Juvenile otosclerosis -- 13.3. Otosclerosis in the elderly -- 13.4. Otosclerosis and quality of life -- 14. Imaging of otosclerosis -- 14.1. Radiography and roentgenogram -- 14.2. Polytomograph imaging technique in otology -- 14.3 Computer tomography and magnetic resonance imaging -- 14.4. Dehiscence of the superior semicircular canal mimicking otosclerosis -- 15. Cochlear otosclerosis -- 15.1. Introduction -- 15.2. Imaging of cochlear otosclerosis -- 15.3. Grading stapes and cochlear otosclerosis -- 15.4. Round window otosclerosis -- 15.5. Cochlear otosclerosis and cochlear implantation -- 16. Some well-known persons and otosclerosis -- 16.1. Ludwig von Beethoven -- 16.2. Harriet Martineau -- 16.3. Edward Sanford Martin -- 16.4. Louise of Hessen-Kasse, Queen of Denmark -- 16.5. Queen Alexandra -- 16.6. Prince Albert Victor -- 16.7. Georgina Battiscombe -- 16.8. Howard Hughes -- 16.9. Margaret Brooke Sullavan -- 16.10. Florence Henderson -- 16.11. Buzz Aldrin -- 16.12. Frankie Valli -- 16.13. Nanette Fabray -- 16.14. Sir John Warcup Cornforth, Jr -- 16.15. Richard Thomas -- 16.16. Graham Cole -- 16.17. Dina Carroll -- 16.18. Steve Downie -- 17. Future perspectives of otosclerosis -- 17.1. Introduction -- 17.2. Current results in otosclerosis surgery -- 17.3. Future ear surgeons -- 17.4. Decline of otosclerosis cases -- 17.5. Centers of expertise in otosclerosis -- 17.6. Hearing rehabilitation -- 17.7. New imaging procedures -- 17.8. Molecular research -- 17.9. Will otosclerosis become a rare disease? -- About the author -- Literature consulted -- Publications by the author.

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