Traumatic Fracture of the Stapes Suprastructure after Head Injury.
- Author:
Jae Keun CHO
1
;
Yang Sun CHO
;
Sung Hwa HONG
;
Won Ho CHUNG
Author Information
1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea. yscho@skku.edu
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Stapes;
Fracture;
Head injury
- MeSH:
Craniocerebral Trauma;
Dislocations;
Head;
Joints;
Stapes
- From:Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
2008;51(8):761-764
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Traumatic ossicular dislocation and fracture occur commonly after head injury. Dislocation of the incudo-stapedial and incudomalleolar joints are more common than isolated fractures of the ossicles. Fractures of the stapes suprastructure are relatively rare. We report two cases of isolated fracture of stapes suprastructure after head injury with a review of literatures, which resulted in excellent outcome after exploratory tympanotomy with ossicular reconstructions were carried out.
