聽小骨成形術後之聽力改善－－預後因子分析 | 合法醫療器材資訊網

背景：慢性中耳炎患者常合併聽小骨缺損，重建聽小骨及恢復其功能是改善聽力的重要環節。其中，有許多因素會影響聽力的預後，本研究旨在回顧本院耳鼻喉科所 ...

BACKGROUND: Patients with chronic otitis media often have various kinds of defects of the ossicular chain. Reconstruction and restoration of the ossicular structure, ossiculoplasty, is one of the important procedures for hearing improvement in those patients. Several factors involve the prognosis of ossiculoplasty. This study aims to review the procedures and methods of ossiculoplasty performed in our hospital and analyze the possible prognostic factors effecting hearing outcomes. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the charts of the patients who received ossiculoplasty, from January 2000 to December 2002, as one of the procedures of type3 tympanoplasty in Farrior’s classification. The recorded data included pre- and post-operative hearing threshold, symptoms and signs before surgery...