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ArticleFrontiers in medicine2026

Audiometric changes following oral versus local gel foam steroid administration after stapedectomy in otosclerosis patients: a retrospective comparative study.

Alaa Safia, Raed Farhat, Uday Abd Elhadi, Samraa Zahwa, Doris Jubran, Saleh Amara, Shlomo Merchavy, Saqr Massoud

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Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Alaa Safia *Department of Otolaryngology, Otology Unit, Ziv Medical Center, Safed, Israel.
Raed Farhat *Department of Otolaryngology, Otology Unit, Ziv Medical Center, Safed, Israel.
Uday Abd ElhadiDepartment of Otolaryngology, Otology Unit, Ziv Medical Center, Safed, Israel.
Samraa ZahwaDepartment of Speech, Language, and Audiology, Ziv Medical Center, Safed, Israel.
Doris JubranDepartment of Speech, Language, and Audiology, Ziv Medical Center, Safed, Israel.
Saleh AmaraDepartment of Otolaryngology, Otology Unit, Ziv Medical Center, Safed, Israel.
Shlomo MerchavyDepartment of Otolaryngology, Otology Unit, Ziv Medical Center, Safed, Israel.
Saqr MassoudDepartment of Otolaryngology, Otology Unit, Ziv Medical Center, Safed, Israel.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study compared the effects of two postoperative steroid administration routes-oral prednisone versus local intraoperative dexamethasone gel foam-on hearing outcomes and complications following primary stapedectomy for otosclerosis. In this retrospective comparative study, 76 consecutive patients who underwent primary stapedectomy by a single senior surgeon at a tertiary center between 2016 and 2024 were included. Patients received either oral prednisone (50 mg daily for 5 days postoperatively;

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air–bone gapbone-conduction thresholdsotosclerosispostoperative complicationsstapedectomysteroid therapy

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PMID41797794
PMCPMC12960155

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