Abstract | OBJECTIVE: DESIGN: Retrospective medical chart review. SETTING: Academic tertiary care medical center. PATIENTS: Seventy-nine consecutive patients diagnosed as having otosclerosis who underwent primary stapedotomy (33 men and 46 women) were included in this study (41 ears per group). INTERVENTION: Stapedotomy. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The operative records of the senior surgeon (B.J.G.) were retrospectively reviewed, and hearing results were obtained. The hearing results of the patients who received a platinum wire prosthesis were compared with those who received a nitinol prosthesis. RESULTS: Results for the platinum wire prosthesis group revealed a postoperative mean (SD) air-bone gap (ABG) of 7 (6) dB, a mean (SD) ABG closure of 21 (12) dB, and a postoperative mean (SD) speech reception threshold of 25 (16) dB. Results for the nitinol prosthesis group revealed a postoperative ABG of 8 (6) dB, an ABG closure of 25 (10) dB, and a postoperative speech reception threshold of 25 (12) dB. CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | Kevin D Brown, Bruce J Gantz |
Journal | Archives of otolaryngology--head & neck surgery
(Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg)
Vol. 133
Issue 8
Pg. 758-62
(Aug 2007)
ISSN: 0886-4470 [Print] United States |
PMID | 17709611
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Alloys
- Auditory Threshold
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Hearing Loss, Conductive
(diagnosis, etiology, surgery)
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Ossicular Prosthesis
- Otosclerosis
(complications, surgery)
- Preoperative Care
- Retrospective Studies
- Severity of Illness Index
- Stapes Surgery
(methods)
- Treatment Outcome
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