We report the results of the first 38 stapes operations performed by a young surgeon. He achieved a perfect closure of the air-one gap (within 10 dB) in 89% of the patients operated on with the laser, compared with 65% of the patients operated on without laser. We discuss the significance of this difference, taking into account the multiple factors influencing the results. In our opinion, the laser helps a young surgeon to accelerate his learning curve in stapes surgery.
Garin, P., Watelet, J. B., & Jamart, J. (1998). Le laser utilisé par un jeune opérateur pour la chirurgie de l’otospongiose. Revue de Laryngologie - Otologie - Rhinologie, 119(1), 55-58. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/73705 (Original work published 1998)