title: [Ossiculoplasty with a partial Spiggle & Theis titanium prosthesis in cholesteatoma: functional results].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the functional results of ossicular reconstruction achieved with a specific partial prosthesis in tympanoplasty for cholesteatoma.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty-four patients presenting cholesteatoma of the middle ear were involved in a retrospective study. Tympanoplasties were performed by the same surgeon over a 30-month period. The patients underwent ossiculoplasty with the shortest nondivisible partial titanium Spiggle & Theis prosthesis. Twenty-eight procedures were canal wall-up tympanoplasties and 17 were canal wall-down procedures; 27 were primary tympanoplasties and 18 were revisions. Audiometric data were evaluated before and after surgery, with a mean follow-up of 13.4 months.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Improvement of the air-bone gap was 6+/-12.2dB. The overall success rate was 56% and 67% using the Glasgow Benefit Plot and a postoperative air-bone gap lower than 20dB, respectively. There was no significant functional difference between canal wall-up and canal wall-down procedures. Hearing results were better in primary tympanoplasties than in revisions (p=0.004). The extrusion rate was 2.2%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The functional results observed in this study confirm that this partial titanium Spiggle & Theis prosthesis is a valuable biomaterial for ossicular reconstruction in primary tympanoplasty for cholesteatoma.
authors.affiliation: Service d'ORL et CCF du CHU de Nantes, 1, place Alexis-Ricordeau, 44093 Nantes cedex 1, France. florent.espitalier@orange.fr
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Espitalier
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Malard
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bailleul
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bordure
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D018424:Cholesteatoma, Middle Ear / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009998:Ossicular Prosthesis; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014025:Titanium; D014433:Tympanoplasty; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D014025:Titanium