title: The styloid process in ossicular chain reconstruction. II: Long-term analysis.
abstract: The human cadaveric styloid process was used as a homograft material for ossicular chain reconstruction in 41 cases of chronic suppurative otitis media over a five-year period. Although technical success was achieved in about 88.23 per cent of the cases, actual patient benefit was around 70.58 per cent; this is comparable to results obtained with most other homologous graft materials. The problem of breakage while remodelling the bone has also increased the risk of transmitting the AIDS virus and consequently undermines the use of this material.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Seth G. S. Medical College, Parel, Bombay, India.
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Ogale
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Dutt
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thakur
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pawar
mesh_terms: D002102:Cadaver; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006309:Hearing; D006801:Humans; D009998:Ossicular Prosthesis; D010035:Otitis Media, Suppurative / Q000601:surgery*; D011184:Postoperative Period; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000637:transplantation*; D014019:Tissue Donors