title: Titanium versus autograft ossiculoplasty.
abstract: CONCLUSIONS
  In this comparative series, hearing results were superior with titanium compared with autograft ossiculoplasty in the absence of a stapes superstructure. However, in the presence of a stapes superstructure, titanium ossiculoplasties gave superior results to autografts only when comparing an air-bone gap of < 10 dB.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To compare the hearing outcomes of autograft versus titanium ossiculoplasty at 1 year.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two consecutive groups of patients with chronic suppurative otitis media with and without cholesteatoma suitable for ossiculoplasty, either primarily or as a staged procedure, were recruited for the study. A total of 52 consecutive patients who underwent an autograft ossiculoplasty were compared with 51 consecutive patients who underwent a titanium ossiculoplasty. Hearing results were statistically compared at 1 year between the two groups using the four frequency average (FFA) of 0.5/1/2/4 kHz and the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) four frequency average of 0.5/1/2/3 kHz. The results were analysed statistically.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A statistically significant number of titanium TORP ossiculoplasties achieved an air-bone gap closure to within < 20 dB compared with the autograft equivalent group (p = 0.039 FFA; p = 0.016 AAO-HNS). The number of titanium PORP ossiculoplasties achieving an air-bone gap closure to within < 10 dB compared with the autograft equivalent group was also statistically significant (p = 0.006 FFA; p = 0.002 AAO-HNS).
authors: New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton, UK. FongJC@bham.ac.uk
authors: Jim C W
authors: JC
authors: Fong
authors: Philip
authors: P
authors: Michael
authors: Vivek
authors: V
authors: Raut
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D004429:Ear Ossicles / Q000637:transplantation*; D005260:Female; D006314:Hearing Loss, Conductive / Q000601:surgery*; D006320:Hearing Tests; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019933:Ossicular Replacement; D014025:Titanium / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D014025:Titanium