Professor Efraim Evyatarleading otolaryngologist, ENT surgeon
The Israeli Top Ichilov Medical Center is rightly recognized as one of the leading clinics in the world. The excellent conditions for diagnosis and treatment created in this center, as well as the high cure rate, attract patients from all over the globe.
The active implementation of the latest methods and treatment techniques allows Israeli doctors to treat diseases for which therapy was not even discussed 10-20 years ago. Israeli patients and numerous medical tourists seek out Israeli doctors for interventions such as stapedectomy.
Inconveniences and discomfort, limitations in social communication caused by hearing impairments are easily resolvable today. Stapedectomy has long been successfully practiced at the Top Ichilov clinic. This operation, performed by the center's microsurgeons on the stapes, allows for significant improvement in hearing for patients of all ages.
Among the causes of hearing loss are congenital anomalies of the middle ear structure and otosclerosis. The result of such phenomena is the fixation of the stapes to the oval window or to various auditory ossicles. This, in turn, leads to the development of a condition known as conductive hearing loss, triggered by impaired sound wave transmission.
Fixed indications of a difference between bone and air conduction of 40 dB or more, as well as conductive hearing loss, are easily resolvable problems when addressed by highly qualified surgeons at the Top Ichilov clinic.
During the surgical intervention, a micro-instrument and microscope are introduced into the patient's ear canal. The edge of the tympanic membrane is incised. The resulting flap is lifted, the stapes is removed, and a prosthesis is placed in its place. The tympanic membrane flap is returned to its position, and the patient's ear canal is tamponaded using antibiotics.
Treatment of Hearing Impairments and Otosclerosis at the Top Ichilov Clinic
At Top Ichilov, stapedectomy is performed exclusively under local anesthesia. The patient's life schedule will be altered by only 4-5 days of hospitalization, 2 of which should be spent on strict bed rest (immediately after the operation).
During the postoperative period, certain precautions should be observed to avoid displacing the stapes prosthesis or complicating its integration (do not blow your nose, do not perform suction movements with the nose to avoid creating increased pressure affecting the tympanic membrane).
In the postoperative period, after undergoing stapedectomy, it is important to avoid hypothermia and colds, as they can provoke inflammatory processes in the middle ear.
Good equipment, high qualifications of the clinic's doctors, and a personalized approach to each patient allow many patients to be freed from the manifestations of conductive hearing loss and regain the joy of hearing fully.
Highly qualified doctors at the Top Ichilov center are ready to provide comprehensive assistance for restoring hearing to their patients, including through stapedectomy.
- Otosclerosis