The stability of short-term hearing outcome after stapedotomy: a prospective database study
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CONCLUSION: Current guidelines recommend reporting short-term results of > 12 months after treatment of conductive hearing loss. This study suggests that short-term hearing results after stapedotomy recorded at the 3-month follow-up are without loss of vital information compared with data from the currently recommended > 12-month follow-up. The use of 3-month data in reporting outcome could reduce the bias inherent to the loss to follow-up at 12 months.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the stability of short-term postoperative hearing after stapedotomy for otosclerosis.
METHODS: This was a prospective database study; 371 cases with otosclerosis were registered in the database between August 2004 and June 2013. We included the 166 primary cases and 37 revision cases that had attended both follow-ups.
RESULTS: The mean changes in postoperative hearing thresholds between the 3-month and 12-month follow-up in both primary and revision cases were minimal and clinically insignificant. In all, 3-5% of primary cases and 14-16% of revision cases experienced a change of ≥ 10 dB for the worse of one or more parameters between follow-ups. Results were also stable when considering a range of traditional success criteria. Other complications following surgery were infrequent and typically resolved long term.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Acta Oto-Laryngologica |
Volume | 135 |
Issue number | 9 |
Pages (from-to) | 871-9 |
Number of pages | 9 |
ISSN | 0001-6489 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Sep 2015 |
- Adult, Audiometry, Databases, Factual, Female, Hearing Loss, Conductive, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Otosclerosis, Prospective Studies, Reoperation, Stapes Surgery, Time Factors, Treatment Outcome
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