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Efficacy of pre-operative computed tomography evaluation of the tympanic cavity for hearing improvement after stapes surgery for tympanosclerosis with stapes fixation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 February 2015

S Kikkawa ,
K Kubo ,
H Kawano  and
S Komune
S Kikkawa*
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan Department of Otolaryngology, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan
K Kubo
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
H Kawano
Affiliation:
Kawano Ear Nose and Throat Surgical Clinic, Fukuoka, Japan
S Komune
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
*
Address for correspondence: Sayaka Kikkawa, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan Fax: +81 92 6425685 E-mail: saya_kik@yahoo.co.jp
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Abstract

Objective:

Our aim was to determine if stapes surgery is useful for treating inflammatory ear diseases.

Materials and methods:

Thirteen patients underwent single-stage or staged surgery for stapes fixation due to tympanosclerosis alone or with cholesteatoma. Operative criteria were: no tympanic membrane retraction, perforation or adhesion; middle-ear cavity with aeration >1 year; a fixed stapes. Computed tomography was used to analyse the relation between operative success and pre-operative pneumatisation.

Results:

Success rate at six months was 75 per cent. Hearing results were stable with little deterioration and no complications. Patients with poor pneumatisation had good results (with improved air–bone gap) only after staged surgery. Well-aerated ears heard better even with single-stage surgery.

Conclusions:

Pre-operative computed tomography and intra-operative findings are necessary to determine the pneumatisation status of tympanic mastoid cavities. If criteria approved, poorly pneumatised patients underwent staged surgery. Stapedectomy achieved good hearing results for inflammatory middle-ear disease with stapes fixation.

Keywords

TympanosclerosisStapes FixationStapes SurgeryComputed Tomography

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 129 , Issue S2 , March 2015 , pp. S27 - S32
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 2015 

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