CLINICAL CASE

Pneumolabyrinth as a postoperative complication of stapedoplasty

Diab KhMA1,2, Daykhes NA1, Pashchinina OA1, Zukhba AG1, Kokhanyuk SV1, Pirogova NE2
About authors

1 National Medical Research Center for Otorlaryngology of Federal Medical Biological Agency, Moscow, Russia

2 Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Khassan M. A. Diab
Volokolamskoe shosse, 30, str. 2, Moscow, 123182, Russia; ur.liam@baidnasah

About paper

Author contribution: Diab KhMA — research design, surgical treatment of patients, manuscript editing; Daikhes NA — manuscript editing; Pashchinina OA, Zukhba AG — manuscript writing; Kokhanyuk SV, Pirogova NE — literature review.

Compliance with ethical standards: the study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the National Medical Research Center for Otorhinolaryngology of FMBA (protocol № 03/22 dated June 20, 2022). The patients submitted the informed consent to surgery and personal data processing.

Received: 2022-06-14 Accepted: 2022-07-05 Published online: 2022-08-16
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