BACKGROUND: Middle ear surgery has reached an advanced stage of development over the last few decades. The use of biocompatible materials offers new possibilities in ossiculoplasty. The exact calculation concerning the length of the implant to be used, however, still poses considerable difficulties and is an additional cause for a remaining air conduction difference or a further surgical intervention. METHODS: Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a non-invasive imaging procedure for the imaging of tissue structures with a resolution accurate to micrometres. OCT can be operated touch-free and for this reason does not require any means of contact between applicator and sample. In the present study an optical coherence inferometre was coupled to an operating microscope and used in 5 stapedoplasties and 5 tympanoplasties type III in order to determine the length of the prosthesis to be used. RESULTS: The use of OCT implies an intraoperative measuring time of only a few seconds. The coupling in the optical path of an operating microscope allows trouble-free handling. The measurement of middle ear structures has an accuracy of 30 micrometer. The postoperative audiological results show a good auditory performance. CONCLUSIONS: Initial experience with OCT indicates that the technology will be extremely interesting for otosurgery. Improvements in functional pattern will enable routine intervention in connection with an operating microscope. Further OCT applications for tissue differentiation will have to follow.
BACKGROUND: Middle ear surgery has reached an advanced stage of development over the last few decades. The use of biocompatible materials offers new possibilities in ossiculoplasty. The exact calculation concerning the length of the implant to be used, however, still poses considerable difficulties and is an additional cause for a remaining air conduction difference or a further surgical intervention. METHODS: Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a non-invasive imaging procedure for the imaging of tissue structures with a resolution accurate to micrometres. OCT can be operated touch-free and for this reason does not require any means of contact between applicator and sample. In the present study an optical coherence inferometre was coupled to an operating microscope and used in 5 stapedoplasties and 5 tympanoplasties type III in order to determine the length of the prosthesis to be used. RESULTS: The use of OCT implies an intraoperative measuring time of only a few seconds. The coupling in the optical path of an operating microscope allows trouble-free handling. The measurement of middle ear structures has an accuracy of 30 micrometer. The postoperative audiological results show a good auditory performance. CONCLUSIONS: Initial experience with OCT indicates that the technology will be extremely interesting for otosurgery. Improvements in functional pattern will enable routine intervention in connection with an operating microscope. Further OCT applications for tissue differentiation will have to follow.
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