Richards S H, Gibbin K P
J Laryngol Otol. 1977 Dec;91(12):1063-71. doi: 10.1017/s0022215100084760.
A case of recurrent meningitis due to a stapes footplate fistula in a child with Klippel-Fiel syndrome is reported. The relationship of deafness to this latter syndrome is noted and theories for the aetiology of the fistula discussed. A stapedectomy was performed and the oval window was obliterated using a Schuknecht fat-wire prosthesis with further packing of the middle ear with muscle.