surgical removal of a stapes (a sound-conducting bone in the middle ear) that cannot move to transmit sound; performed to treat hearing loss caused by otosclerosis

Surgical removal of the stapes.

Removal of the stapes bone to treat otosclerosis (hardening of the bone). A prosthesis or artificial stapes may be implanted.

an outpatient surgical procedure done under local or general anesthesia through the ear canal with an operating microscope

a procedure in which one, two, or all of the middle ear bones are surgically replaced with a prosthetic implant

A stapedectomy is a surgical procedure of the middle ear performed to improve hearing. If the stapes footplate is fixed in position, rather than being normally mobile, then a conductive hearing loss results. There are two major causes of stapes fixation.