Trial reportThe journal of international advanced otology2020
Comparison between Fluoroplastic and Platinum/Titanium Piston in Stapedotomy: A Prospective, Randomized Clinical Study.
Trial report in The journal of international advanced otology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- COMPARISON OF HEARING OUTCOMES AFTER STAPES SURGERY DEPENDING ON PROSTHESIS TYPE: A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS.Acta clinica Croatica · 2022Trial
- FEA Simulation of Crimping Pressure Distribution in Titanium and Teflon Stapedotomy Prostheses.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Impact of Fenestration Size and Prosthesis Diameter on Hearing Outcomes After Stapedotomy: A Review.Cureus · 2025Review
- Comparison between MatriX and mAXIS titanium prosthesis in stapedotomy: prospective study and review of the literature.Journal of otology · 2025Article
- Techniques for otosclerosis surgery: Ear surgery from the microscope to the endoscope - A literature review.Journal of otology · 2024Review
- Comparison of dislocation rates of Teflon and Titanium stapes prostheses: a retrospective survival analysis on 855 patients.Journal of otolaryngology - head & neck surgery = Le Journal d'oto-rhino-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale · 2023Article
- Prognostic factors influencing postoperative air-bone gap in stapes surgery.Acta otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale · 2022Article
- Evaluating hearing results in stapedotomy: Comparison of fluoroplastic Causse loop piston and Matrix prosthesis.Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesThe objective of this study was to compare hearing results of fluoroplastic (Teflon) Causse Loop Piston with platinum/titanium (Big Easy) Piston in patients who underwent stapedotomy due to otosclerosis. MATERIALS AND
methodsIn this prospective randomized clinical trial study, Causse Loop Piston prosthesis was used in 76 ears and the Big Easy Piston prosthesis in 72 ears. The main outcomes were preoperative and postoperative pure tone audiometry and air-bone gap (ABG).
resultsPostoperative ABG closure was not significantly different between both groups. However, the Causse Loop Piston resulted in a significant improvement of the air conduction (AC) in frequencies of 250, 500, and 1,000 Hz. In addition, the improvement of speech reception threshold (SRT) was significantly higher in Causse Loop Piston group.
conclusionWe achieved similar postoperative ABG closure in short-term with both prostheses. However, at low frequencies, AC gain was higher in Causse Loop Piston group. In addition, patients in this group yielded better SRT.
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