title: Otosclerosis surgery: approaches, profits and complications.
abstract: A systematic analysis of stapedoplasty output in otosclerosis cases was carried out. The operations were done during the period of 2005-2008 years at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of the Tbilisi State Medical University. From the overall number of 107 patients, 78 were females and 29 males, 72.9% and 27.1%, respectively. The ages ranged from 16 to 57 years. The mean age was 35 years. The conductive and mixed forms of hearing losses were diagnosed in 70 and 37 cases, 65.4% and 34.6%, respectively. Right ear was operated in 46 patients, left ear in 57, and both ears in four, 43.3%, 53.0%, and 3.7%, respectively. 111 ears have been cured thus in sum. Intumescences of external ear tube were observed during the operation in 22 patients, 20.6%. In 7, 6.5%, the facial nerve was located downward. Particularly abnormal placement of the facial nerve was the case in two patients, 1.9%. The endaural approach has been proved to own advantages over the transmeatal one. The data generally confirmed that stapedotomy, as compared to stapedectomy, is a better choice for the surgery output. In beneficial cases the air/bone gaps after the operation closed totally or nearly totally. Such a proper outcome was reached in 93 out of 111 ears operated, 83.8%. In most of remainder ears the gaps after the operation narrowed significantly but far not completely. The definite surgery failure happened in one case only, 0.9%. To balance the preserved middle-ear problems in non-perfect surgery cases, the hearing aids of bone-conduction types have been recommended. In mixed otosclerosis cases, conversely, the aids of air-conduction types were advised to overcome the coexisted inner-ear pathologies.
authors: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Tbilisi State Medical University.
authors: Sh
authors: Sh
authors: Japaridze
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Lomidze
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Jashi
authors: I
authors: I
authors: Kekelidze
authors: Kh
authors: Kh
authors: Gegenava
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005846:Georgia (Republic); D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010040:Otosclerosis / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult