Short- and long-term results of stapedectomy in children.
Otosclerosis in children and teenagers is very uncommon. Typical otosclerosis presents as a slowly progressive conductive hearing loss and tinnitus in the third to fourth decade of life. Stapedectomy is a well-established procedure for correction of conductive hearing loss in adult patients with otosclerosis. The aim of this work is to assess short- (6 months) and long-term (7 years) results after stapedectomy performed in 10 patients under 20 years of age. In 1 patient cochlear otosclerosis was diagnosed and in 1 patient incus anomaly was found during the operation. Pure tone audiograms obtained 6 months after stapedectomy showed air-bone gap closure to 10 dB in 6 patients, to 15 dB in 8 patients and in all patients to 20 dB. Average air conduction threshold improved by 26.5 dB and average bone conduction threshold by 5.9 dB. 7 years after stapedectomy air-bone gap was similar to the one measured 6 months postoperatively. Stapedectomy in children provides good and stable hearing results.
Szymański
M
M
Otolaryngology Department, Medical University of Lublin.
Siwiec
H
H
Gołabek
W
W
Morshed
K
K
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001844:Bone Conduction; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007188:Incus / Q000002:abnormalities; D008297:Male; D010040:Otosclerosis / Q000601:surgery*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013201:Stapes Surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome