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GEORGE E. SHAMBAUGH, M.D.

Arch Otolaryngol. 1945;41(3):189-192.

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The Lempert fenestration operation is an elective procedure which aims at a restoration of hearing through reconstruction of a nonfunctioning sound-conducting mechanism—aims at but never attains perfectly normal hearing and may even result in a further loss in a case that is most ideal for operation. In table 1 are the results obtained in 321 consecutive operations with the fenestration technic that has been used the past two and one-half years; this is the nov-ovalis technic of Lempert modified by constant irrigation of the field and the use of the binocular dissecting microscope while the fistula is being made.

The patient in deciding whether or not to submit himself to the fenestration operation with its uncertain promise of imperfect results must first know that he satisfies certain rigid criteria which make him a suitable candidate; second, he should know the approximate chances of success or failure, as well . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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Footnotes
Read at the meeting of the American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society, New York, June 9, 1944.

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