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JULES KAPLAN, M.D.

Arch Otolaryngol. 1960;72(2):197-200.

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Reconstructive microsurgery of the middle ear imbues each of the structures of the crowded medial wall of the tympanum with great importance for the otologic surgeon. The rapidly advancing and bolder surgical techniques utilized in chronic middle ear disease, otosclerosis, and congenital middle ear lesions demand awareness of the frequent variations found in the surgical field. The auditory ossicles,¹ particularly the stapes,⁷ have been studied with great care, and the physiologic importance of the middle ear structures has been clarified.² Caution on bold approaches to the round and oval windows has been advocated by Lawrence.³ That the internal auditory meatus, utricle, and saccule are respectively 2.0, 0.5, and 1.0 mm. from the anterior part of the fenestra ovalis⁷ has been demonstrated by Anson and Bast, but there has been only infrequent mention made of the potential danger to the facial nerve in peristapedial manipulations.

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Author Affiliations
Chicago

Resident in Otolaryngology, Chicago Wesley Memorial Hospital and Northwestern University Medical School.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Oct. 26, 1959.

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