Does the diameter of the stapes prosthesis really matter? A prospective clinical study.

Objectives/hypothesis: To evaluate the influence of the diameter of stapes prosthesis on functional outcomes in stapes surgery.

Study Design: Prospective cohort study.

Methods: Fifty consecutive small fenestra stapedotomies performed using a 0.

Early functional results using the nitibond prosthesis in stapes surgery.

Conclusion: The NiTiBOND prosthesis allows early results to be obtained similar to those with a manually crimped prosthesis fitted by experienced surgeons, thus reducing the learning curve in this critical step of the procedure.

Objective: To analyze the 1-month results using the nitinol NiTiBOND prosthesis in primary otosclerosis surgery and to compare the results with those obtained with fully fluoroplastic or fully titanium pistons.

Materials And Methods: Fifty consecutive cases operated on with the NiTiBOND prosthesis (nitinol group) were compared with 50 cases operated on with a fully fluoroplastic piston (fluoroplastic group), and with 131 cases operated on with a fully titanium piston (first titanium group), and also with 50 cases operated on with the same titanium piston just before using the NiTiBOND piston (last titanium group).

Management of epi- and mesotympanic cholesteatomas by one-stage trans-canal atticotomy in adults.

Surgical management of cholesteatoma limited to the attic and/or mesotympanum remains controversial. The aim of this study is to evaluate the anatomical and the functional results of trans-canal atticotomy in this pathological condition. The records of 27 adult patients treated from 2008 to 2014 who underwent trans-canal atticotomy for primary cholesteatoma surgery were reviewed.