The use of cartilage in revision stapedectomy.

Objective: To evaluate the incidence of stapedectomy patients who developed significant chronic ear disease resulting in reconstruction of the tympanic membrane with cartilage and concomitant revision stapedectomy. Audiometric results of this subgroup within revision stapedectomy are analyzed, and the salient features of the reconstruction method are discussed.

Study Design: Retrospective study of revision stapedectomy patients during the years 2003-2012.

Short- and long-term results of ossicular reconstruction using partial and total plastipore prostheses.

Objective: To evaluate the short- and long-term success of using a plastipore prosthesis for partial and total ossiculoplasty (POP and TOP). Subtechniques for optimal hearing improvement are discussed. Literature review and comparison to the recent use of titanium prostheses is made.

Total ossiculoplasty: advantages of two-point stabilization technique.

Objective. Evaluate a porous polyethylene prosthesis with two-point stabilization in total ossiculoplasty. This approach utilizes a lateral as well as a medial graft to stabilize a total ossicular prosthesis (TOP).

Cochlear implantation outcomes in patients with far advanced otosclerosis.

Objectives: To compare hearing outcomes in patients with far advanced otosclerosis (FAO) undergoing cochlear implantation to an age-matched group of controls, to describe the effects of cochlear ossification on hearing, and to review the adverse effects of implantation in patients with FAO.

Hypothesis: Hearing performance in patients with FAO after cochlear implantation is comparable to similarly treated postlingually deafened adults without FAO. Ossification or retrofenestral otosclerosis does not predict poor hearing outcomes.