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History. John Shea, Jr. peformed the first stapedectomy operation on May 1, 1956 He removed the stapes manually, covered the oval window opening with a vein graft removed from the back of the patient's hand, and inserted a Teflon replica of the stapes. . History. Many modifications of the original stapedectomy procedure have been developed and their results published. The stapedotomy is one of those modifications. With this procedure, the stapes footplate, instead of being completely removed9458
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