title: Is there any predictor for tinnitus outcome in different types of otologic surgery?
abstract: Our objective was to determine the effect of different types of otologic surgeries on tinnitus symptoms. Our study consisted of 63 patients who were operated between January and June 2011. Variables such as age, sex, presence of systemic diseases, location and size of the perforation, duration of dry period, type of otological surgery, peroperative presence of cholesteatoma, timpanosclerotic plaques and ossicular chain discontinuity were evaluated. Audiologic evaluation by pure tone audiometry and assessment of THI scores were conducted before surgery and 12 weeks after surgery. There was a very significant difference between preoperative and postoperative mean THI scores (p < 0.01). There was no significant effect of presence of ossicular discontinuity, cholesteatoma, tympanosclerotic plaques, type of surgery or duration of symptoms on the difference of preoperative and postoperative THI scores (p > 0.05). There was a significant positive relationship between audiological gain and THI scores (r = 0.355, p < 0.01). In our study, we investigated the relationship between many types of otological surgeries including some preoperative and peroperative pathological findings and tinnitus. As a result, we found that postoperative audiologic gain is an important factor determining outcome of tinnitus in these types of otological surgeries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Umraniye Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Habesoglu
authors.forename: Tulay Erden
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Habesoglu
authors.forename: Cem
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Karatas
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tosun
authors.forename: Ali Okan
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Gursel
authors.forename: Cagatay
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Oysu
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D006801:Humans; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000601:surgery*; D013506:Otologic Surgical Procedures; D010040:Otosclerosis / Q000601:surgery*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016896:Treatment Outcome