OBJECTIVE To report hearing results using a titanium ossicular replacement prosthesis during canal wall down mastoidectomy with tympanoplasty to treat cholesteatoma. DESIGN Retrospective medical record review. SETTING Referral university hospital. PATIENTS Patients with cholesteatoma treated with primary or revision canal wall down mastoidectomy with tympanoplasty in a single stage. Patie...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To assess the medium-term efficacy of total ossicular reconstruction with a titanium total ossicular replacement prosthesis (TORP) in children. STUDY DESIGN Case series. METHODS A consecutive series of children receiving an adjustable-length titanium TORP was identified from a prospective surgical and audiological database. Audiometric testing was obtained preoperative...

<p><strong>Background: </strong>The aim of the study is to compare efficacy autologous incus versus allogenic titanium prosthesis in terms anatomical results, hearing gain after surgery, operative course and complications.</p><p><strong>Methods:</strong> This a prospective interventional 20 patients out which 10 underwent autologus ossiculoplasties perf...

CONCLUSION The papers collected in our study demonstrated that there were no significant differences in the effectiveness of sound transmission and stability of the prosthesis between the titanium and non-titanium group. However, further randomized controlled trials with large sample sizes are needed to improve the estimation. OBJECTIVE To compare the effectiveness of sound transmission and s...