[Incudostapedial bridging ossiculoplasty with bone cement hearing results].
OBJECTIVE
This study describes the hearing results of patients whose ossicles were reconstruction using bone cement.


METHODS
The medical records of 19 patients (11 males, 8 females; mean age 35,6 years; range 12 to 64 years) who underwent surgery for chronic otitis media at Istanbul Education and Research Hospital Otorhinolaryngology Department between January 2006 and December 2009 were evaluated. Bone cement reconstruction of the ossicular chain was performed from incus to stapes in the absence of a long arm or lenticular process of the incus. The clinical data of the patients were evaluated by otoscopic examination and audiometry.


RESULTS
After incudostapedial rebridging ossiculoplasty we performed; out of 19 patients, 10 had 20 dB gain while two patients had 15-20 dB gain another two patients had 10-15 dB gain. The remaining five patients didn't have any significant gain. The mean pre- and postoperative air-bone gaps of all the patients were 36.5 and 20.4 dB respectively.


CONCLUSIONS
Incudostapedial rebridging ossiculoplasty with bone cement is a cost-effective and safe procedure that yields good hearing results in selected patients.
Bora
Fatih
F
Istanbul Eğitim ve Araştirma Hastanesi 1. Kulak Burun Boğaz Hastaliklari Kliniği, Istanbul, Turkey. borafatih@gmail.com
Yücel
Zeki
Z
Ceylan
Serdar
S
Oltulu
Erdal
E
Batmaz
Timur
T
Avseren
Enver
E
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D001843:Bone Cements / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D004429:Ear Ossicles / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006309:Hearing / Q000502:physiology*; D006314:Hearing Loss, Conductive / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007188:Incus / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014433:Tympanoplasty / Q000379:methods*
D001843:Bone Cements