Ossiculoplasty with total XXXX prostheses anatomical and functional outcomes.

@entity692 @entity1 @entity3540 @entity2172
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the results of partial and total ossicular reconstruction prostheses entirely made of @entity692 . STUDY DESIGN: A retrospective review of cases followed-up between 1997 and 2000. SETTING: Tertiary referral center. @entity1 : One hundred adult @entity1 (60 @entity1 and 40 @entity1 ) were studied. The mean age was 55 years (range, 25 to 65 years). Fifty @entity1 had a previous tympanoplasty. The series included 45 @entity3540 (45%), 37 @entity2172 without @entity3540 (37%), 13 retraction pockets (13%), and 5 posttraumatic ossicular displacements (5%). INTERVENTION: A one-stage ossiculoplasty with a partial ossicular reconstruction prosthesis (n = 65) or a total ossicular reconstruction prosthesis (n = 35) was performed. This was associated with a simple mastoidectomy in 70 cases and a radical mastoidectomy in 10 cases. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: All @entity1 were followed-up at 1 year, and 50 were reexamined 2 years after surgery. Clinical and audiometric data were collected in a database at each visit. RESULTS: A prosthetic extrusion was noted in two cases (2%). A prosthetic displacement occurred in 10 cases (10%). A revision surgery was carried out in 10 cases because of an ossiculoplasty failure or a disease recurrence. At 1 year, the residual air-bone gap was lower in cases with a partial ossicular reconstruction prosthesis than those with a total ossicular reconstruction prosthesis (16 +/- 9.3 versus 23 +/- 13.7 dB, p < 0.05). The gain in mean air conduction threshold was 21 +/- 12.8 dB in cases of partial ossicular reconstruction prosthesis and 19 +/- 11.3 dB in cases of total ossicular reconstruction prosthesis (not significant). Revision surgery, canal wall-down mastoidectomy, or @entity3540 yielded poorer functional results. CONCLUSION: Partial ossicular reconstruction prosthesis and total ossicular reconstruction prosthesis entirely made of dense @entity692 yielded high rates of air-bone gap reduction and high anatomic stability.
