ArticleActa otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale2022
Prognostic factors influencing postoperative air-bone gap in stapes surgery.
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- Reversal versus classic stapedotomy for otosclerosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026Review
- Effect of Middle Ear Prosthesis Diameter in Platinotomy and Partial Platinectomy on Hearing Gain: A Finite Element Study.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Stapes revision surgery: intraoperative findings and audiological results. A multicentric study.Acta otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale · 2025Article
- A Clinical Evaluation of Calcium and Fluoride Supplementation for Tinnitus in Non-Surgical Otosclerosis: Insights from a Tertiary Care Center in Romania.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Techniques for otosclerosis surgery: Ear surgery from the microscope to the endoscope - A literature review.Journal of otology · 2024Review
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Abstract
Objective: Otosclerosis is an osteodystrophic disease of the otic capsule, determining conductive or mixed hearing loss, which can be successfully treated with stapedotomy. The aim of the present multicentric retrospective study was to identify prognostic factors related to better auditory outcomes in stapes surgery. Methods: 581 patients affected by otosclerosis were submitted to stapedotomy under local anaesthesia in two different hospitals. Both Teflon and titanium prostheses were adopted. Results: A statistically significant decrease of postoperative air-conduction thresholds and air-bone gap (ABG) values was seen, whereas the mean bone-conduction threshold did not differ from the preoperative condition. Among the various parameters investigated, the prosthetic material, duration of surgery and intraoperative detection of unexpected anatomical anomalies of the middle ear were found to be related to lower postoperative ABG values. Conclusions: All the previously mentioned parameters played a significant role in determining the postoperative auditory outcomes and can therefore be considered prognostic factors for the success of the stapedotomy.
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