Hostname: page-component-586b7cd67f-2brh9 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-22T23:46:48.126Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

The styloid process in ossicular chain reconstruction. II: Long-term analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

S. B. Ogale*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Seth G. S. Medical College and Kem Hospital, Parel, Bombay-400 012, India.
Sunil N. Dutt
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Seth G. S. Medical College and Kem Hospital, Parel, Bombay-400 012, India.
Sugato Thakur
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Seth G. S. Medical College and Kem Hospital, Parel, Bombay-400 012, India.
Manisha Pawar
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Seth G. S. Medical College and Kem Hospital, Parel, Bombay-400 012, India.
*
Dr S. B. Ogale, Flat No.4, Old C. O. Qtrs 1, Kem Hospital, Parel, Bombay – 400 012, India.

Abstract

The human cadaveric styloid process was used as a homograft material for ossicular chain reconstruction in 41 cases of chronic suppurative otitis media over a five-year period. Although technical success was achieved in about 88.23 per cent of the cases, actual patient benefit was around 70.58 per cent; this is comparable to results obtained with most other homologous graft materials. The problem of breakage while remodelling the bone has also increased the risk of transmitting the AIDS virus and consequently undermines the use of this material.

Type
Main Articles
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1994

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Frootko, N. J. (1987) Reconstruction of the ear. In Scott-Brown's Otolaryngology - Otology. 5th Edition. (Booth, J. B., Kerr, A. G., eds.), Butterworths, London, pp 238263.Google Scholar
Ogale, S. B., DeSouza, C., Sheode, J., Shah, K. L. (1988) The styloid process in ossicular chain reconstruction (a pilot study). Journal of Laryngology and Otology 102: 136137.Google Scholar
Browning, G. G., Gatehouse, S., Swan, I. R. C. (1991) The Glasgow Benefit Plot. A new method for reporting benefits from middle ear surgery. Laryngoscope 101: 180185.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed