Should We Use Ossicular Remnants in Ossicular Reconstruction following Cholesteatoma Removal?
| Autor: | Dimitrios Kandiloros, Stavros Korres, Leonidas Manolopoulos, E. Ferekidis, Thomas P. Nikolopoulos, J. Yiotakis, Elisa Ferekidou |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Incus Prosthesis otorhinolaryngologic diseases Humans Medicine Cholesteatoma Ear Ossicles Ossicles business.industry Malleus Middle Aged Plastic Surgery Procedures medicine.disease Ossicular erosion Surgery Ossicular Prosthesis Otitis Media medicine.anatomical_structure Otorhinolaryngology Microscopy Electron Scanning Middle ear Female sense organs business Operating microscope |
| Zdroj: | ORL. 68:243-246 |
| ISSN: | 1423-0275 0301-1569 |
| DOI: | 10.1159/000092340 |
| Popis: | The remnants of the acoustic ossicles have been used in ossicular reconstruction during mastoid surgery for many decades. The present study assessed the status of the acoustic ossicles in 114 patients (57 with cholesteatoma and 57 without) during surgery for chronic otitis media using the operating microscope. In 52 cases, the ossicles (malleus and/or incus) were assessed using both the surgical and scanning electron microscope in order to reveal any erosions and compare the findings. From the 57 operated ears with cholesteatoma, 45 (79%) had ossicular erosion whereas 12 (21%) did not. In the group of 57 operated ears with chronic otitis media without cholesteatoma, 33 (58%) had ossicular erosion whereas 24 (42%) did not. This difference was statistically significant (p = 0.02). With regard to the 52 operated cases who were studied with both microscopes, in the cholesteatoma patients the surgical microscope was not able to reveal any ossicular erosions in 39% of the cases, whereas the scanning electron microscope revealed moderate or severe erosions in the same ears. This suggests that the operating microscope is not reliable enough to determine if ossicular remnants can be used in ossicular reconstruction following cholesteatoma surgery. There is a considerable risk that epithelia or other cholesteatoma particles remain in the areas of erosions that cannot be seen with the operating microscope. The use of such ossicular remnants may lead to cholesteatoma recurrence and failures in mastoid surgery. Therefore, autoclaving or alternative prosthesis may be considered in such cases. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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