Revision stapes surgery: the "lateralized piston syndrome".
OBJECTIVE
The need for revision stapes surgery has many causes, and among these, we describe a particular displacement of the piston: the "lateralized piston syndrome". The goal of this study is to define criteria and surgical management of this syndrome.


METHODS
Retrospective study over 13 years.


METHODS
Tertiary reference center.


METHODS
A review of 1,289 consecutive stapes operations revealed 119 revisions (9%) from which 22 cases (18.5%) could be classified under the lateralized piston syndrome.


METHODS
Revision stapedotomy.


METHODS
Medical files, preoperative and postoperative audiograms, computed tomographic scans, and operative reports.


RESULTS
The 22 cases presented as a delayed conductive hearing loss in 95.5% of cases. Preoperative computed tomographic scans showed a lateralized piston out of the stapedotomy in 81% of cases and touching the tympanic membrane in 54.5% of cases. Revisions revealed a lateral displacement of the piston out of the entire oval window in 86% of cases, with closure of the stapedotomy in all cases and incus necrosis in 77% of cases. Conventional pistons were fitted in 12 cases. In case of a significantly eroded incus, total prostheses (TORPs) in 6 cases and offset pistons in 4 cases were placed. Air-bone gap (ABG) was closed to within 20 dB in 82% of cases. Air-conduction puretone audiometry improvement was 17.2 dB (standard deviation [SD], 19.2), with a mean postoperative ABG of 16.2 dB (SD, 12.7). Only 1 ear, operated with TORP, had a sensorineural deterioration of 20 dB. With offset pistons, ABG was closed to within 20 dB in 100% of cases with a mean postoperative ABG of 8.8 dB (SD, 7.2).


CONCLUSIONS
The lateralized piston syndrome was found in 18.5% of stapes surgery revisions. Surgical management was effective in correcting the conductive hearing loss. In the event of significant eroded incus, we observed better results with offset pistons than with TORPs.
Lagleyre
Sebastien
S
Department of OtologyYNeurotology and Skull Base Surgery, Purpan University Hospital, Toulouse, France. lagleyre.s@chu-toulouse.fr
Calmels
Marie-Noelle
MN
Escude
Bernard
B
Deguine
Olivier
O
Fraysse
Bernard
B
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001299:Audiometry; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003054:Cochlear Implants; D005260:Female; D006314:Hearing Loss, Conductive / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010040:Otosclerosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation; D012086:Reoperation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013201:Stapes Surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D017211:Treatment Failure; D055815:Young Adult