title: Ossiculoplasty by interposition of a minor columella between the tympanic membrane and stapes head.
abstract: This study analyzes short- and long-term results of 436 ossiculoplasties accomplished by a minor columella sculptured in the remnants of the incus and placed between the tympanic membrane and stapes head. Most cases were operated on by a transcanal approach through an ear speculum, under local anesthesia. Cases in which an associated mastoidectomy was performed to remove diseased tissue are excluded. The residual air-bone gap was < 20 dB in 86.1% of cases 2 months after surgery, in 77.0% 1 year later, and then remained stable over time, even in patients seen 5 to 15 years after the operation. Complications were rare. A total sensorineural hearing loss occurred in two cases (0.4%), the cause of which remained unexplained. Other complications included a high-frequency hearing loss in 10 (2.3%) cases, tinnitus in 12 (2.7%), and transitory vertigo in two (0.4%). We conclude that this type of ossiculoplasty is a simple but adequate procedure for primary restoration of hearing in chronic otitis media if the stapes is intact and mobile.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Cantonal University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Guyot
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Montandon
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002781:Cholesteatoma / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004429:Ear Ossicles / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008416:Mastoid / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013201:Stapes Surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018058:Tympanic Membrane Perforation / Q000601:surgery*