Kenny F Lin1, Samuel Selesnick. 1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate hearing outcomes and incidence of sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) after stapedotomy with adipose tissue seal, and to compare adipose tissue sealing with alternative techniques. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective chart review. SETTING: Tertiary referral center. PATIENTS: Primary stapedotomy was performed in 179 patients using a KTP laser, microdrill, piston prosthesis, and adipose tissue seal of the oval window fenestra between 1991 and 2015. An additional 123 patients underwent stapes surgery with alternative techniques. INTERVENTIONS: Stapes surgery for otosclerosis. Audiograms were performed preoperatively and 3 months postoperatively. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Hearing outcomes were measured as percentage of cases with closure of the air-bone gap (ABG) to within 10 and 15 dB. SNHL was identified as cases with decrement in bone conduction thresholds greater than 10 or 5 dB. The median postoperative ABG and change in bone conduction thresholds were compared between the primary stapedotomy group (KTP laser with adipose tissue seal) and various subgroups with alternative techniques. RESULTS: We found excellent hearing outcomes after primary stapedotomy with adipose tissue seal. The ABG closed to within 10 dB in 81.01% of cases and within 15 dB in 93.30% of cases. We observed a low rate of SNHL without any cases of profound hearing loss. 1.67% of cases had a decrement in bone conduction greater than 10 dB while 6.14% of cases had a decrement greater than 5 dB. Stapedotomy with adipose tissue seal compared favorably with alternative techniques with respect to hearing outcomes and SNHL. CONCLUSIONS: Adipose tissue is an effective and cost-efficient tissue seal during stapedotomy with excellent hearing outcomes and low incidence of SNHL.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate hearing outcomes and incidence of sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) after stapedotomy with adipose tissue seal, and to compare adipose tissue sealing with alternative techniques. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective chart review. SETTING: Tertiary referral center. PATIENTS: Primary stapedotomy was performed in 179 patients using a KTP laser, microdrill, piston prosthesis, and adipose tissue seal of the oval window fenestra between 1991 and 2015. An additional 123 patients underwent stapes surgery with alternative techniques. INTERVENTIONS: Stapes surgery for otosclerosis. Audiograms were performed preoperatively and 3 months postoperatively. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Hearing outcomes were measured as percentage of cases with closure of the air-bone gap (ABG) to within 10 and 15 dB. SNHL was identified as cases with decrement in bone conduction thresholds greater than 10 or 5 dB. The median postoperative ABG and change in bone conduction thresholds were compared between the primary stapedotomy group (KTP laser with adipose tissue seal) and various subgroups with alternative techniques. RESULTS: We found excellent hearing outcomes after primary stapedotomy with adipose tissue seal. The ABG closed to within 10 dB in 81.01% of cases and within 15 dB in 93.30% of cases. We observed a low rate of SNHL without any cases of profound hearing loss. 1.67% of cases had a decrement in bone conduction greater than 10 dB while 6.14% of cases had a decrement greater than 5 dB. Stapedotomy with adipose tissue seal compared favorably with alternative techniques with respect to hearing outcomes and SNHL. CONCLUSIONS: Adipose tissue is an effective and cost-efficient tissue seal during stapedotomy with excellent hearing outcomes and low incidence of SNHL.
Authors: Alfonso Scarpa; Pasquale Marra; Massimo Ralli; Pasquale Viola; Federico Maria Gioacchini; Giuseppe Chiarella; Francesco Antonio Salzano; Pietro De Luca; Filippo Ricciardiello; Claudia Cassandro; Grazia Maria Corbi Journal: Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol Date: 2022-07-20 Impact factor: 3.236
Authors: Faris F Brkic; Boban M Erovic; Arina Onoprienko; Stefan Janik; Dominik Riss; Claudia Lill; Stefan Grasl; Jafar-Sasan Hamzavi; Erich Vyskocil Journal: PLoS One Date: 2021-02-23 Impact factor: 3.240