Ye Ji Shim1, Yun Jung Bae2, Gwang Seok An3, Kyogu Lee3, Yoonjoong Kim4, Sang-Youp Lee4, Byung Yoon Choi4, Byung Se Choi2, Jae Hyoung Kim2, Ja-Won Koo4, Jae-Jin Song4. 1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Seoul National University, Hospital Healthcare System Gangnam Center, Seoul. 2. Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam. 3. Music and Audio Research Group, Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology, Seoul National University, Seoul. 4. Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Republic of Korea.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of cavitating lesions involving the internal auditory canal (IAC) in subjects with cochlear otosclerosis with regard to poststapedotomy hearing outcome. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective study. SETTING: Tertiary referral center. PATIENTS: A retrospective chart review of 134 subjects with otosclerosis treated from January 2011 to June 2017 at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital was conducted. Sixteen subjects (23 ears) with temporal bone computed tomography (TBCT)-confirmed cochlear otosclerosis who underwent stapedotomy were included in the study. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Pure tone audiometry (PTA) (i.e., air and bone conduction; AC and BC, respectively) thresholds and air-bone gap (ABG), measured at 6 months postoperatively were compared between cochlear otosclerosis with and without IAC involvement (IAC group and non-IAC group, respectively). RESULTS: A total of 14 of 23 ears showed involvement of the IAC. There were no significant differences in age, side of otosclerosis, or preoperative hearing threshold between the two groups. The mean postoperative AC and BC thresholds and ABG of the IAC group were significantly poorer (45.7 dB, 33.8 dB, and 11.8 dB, respectively) than those of the nonIAC group (24.1 dB, 20.0 dB, and 4.1 dB, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: Cochlear otosclerosis with cavitating lesions involving the IAC showed significantly poorer postoperative audiological outcomes than those without any cavitating lesion. Cavitation extending to the IAC may act as a third window providing a route for sound energy shunting, and thus precluding successful hearing outcome in some subjects with cavitating otosclerosis after stapedotomy.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of cavitating lesions involving the internal auditory canal (IAC) in subjects with cochlear otosclerosis with regard to poststapedotomy hearing outcome. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective study. SETTING: Tertiary referral center. PATIENTS: A retrospective chart review of 134 subjects with otosclerosis treated from January 2011 to June 2017 at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital was conducted. Sixteen subjects (23 ears) with temporal bone computed tomography (TBCT)-confirmed cochlear otosclerosis who underwent stapedotomy were included in the study. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Pure tone audiometry (PTA) (i.e., air and bone conduction; AC and BC, respectively) thresholds and air-bone gap (ABG), measured at 6 months postoperatively were compared between cochlear otosclerosis with and without IAC involvement (IAC group and non-IAC group, respectively). RESULTS: A total of 14 of 23 ears showed involvement of the IAC. There were no significant differences in age, side of otosclerosis, or preoperative hearing threshold between the two groups. The mean postoperative AC and BC thresholds and ABG of the IAC group were significantly poorer (45.7 dB, 33.8 dB, and 11.8 dB, respectively) than those of the nonIAC group (24.1 dB, 20.0 dB, and 4.1 dB, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: Cochlear otosclerosis with cavitating lesions involving the IAC showed significantly poorer postoperative audiological outcomes than those without any cavitating lesion. Cavitation extending to the IAC may act as a third window providing a route for sound energy shunting, and thus precluding successful hearing outcome in some subjects with cavitating otosclerosis after stapedotomy.
Authors: Sang-Yeon Lee; Jihye Rhee; Ye Ji Shim; Yoonjoong Kim; Ja-Won Koo; Dirk De Ridder; Sven Vanneste; Jae-Jin Song Journal: Front Neurosci Date: 2019-10-18 Impact factor: 4.677