Authors: Mohan Bansal
Publish Date: 2015/12/14
Volume: 68, Issue: 1, Pages: 16-19
Abstract
Otosclerosis is the most common cause of bilateral gradually progressive conductive hearing loss with normal tympanic membrane and Eustachian tube Otosclerosis surgical treatment is one of the most gratifying operations in Otorhinolaryngology It is not only the surgical techniques but also the prosthesis which are evolving in the attempt of providing best hearing results Teflon piston is the most commonly employed prosthesis in stapes surgery Titanium pistons are relatively the new development in the evolution of stapes prosthesis The aim of this review article is to know and compare the surgical technicalities and postoperative outcomes including hearing improvement after the use of Teflon and titanium stapes piston The adverse reactions occurred during followup were taken into consideration The data in this article are supported by a Medline search The use of both the prosthesis gave good results in cases of otosclerosis The placement of titanium soft clip design was found easier than the earlier àWengen design of clip piston
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