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Congenital aural atresia: stability of surgical results.
Laryngoscope 1998 December
OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS: To compare early (<1 y) and longer-term (1.0-7.5 y; mean follow-up, 2.8 y) hearing results following surgery for congenital aural atresia and to analyze revision cases for cause of failure, time of occurrence, and outcome.
STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective study of 55 consecutive patients (59 ears) undergoing surgery during an 11-year period for congenital aural atresia.
METHODS: The best speech reception threshold (SRT) during the first postoperative year was compared with the most recent SRT beyond the first postoperative year. The complication rate and long-term hearing results (>1 y) for initial and revision surgeries were compared.
RESULTS: In the early postoperative period, an SRT of < or =25 dB was achieved in 60% and an SRT of < or =30 dB in 70%. With longer follow-up (mean, 2.8 y), 46% of patients maintained an SRT < or =25 dB. Revision surgery was necessary in approximately one third of patients. Longer-term hearing results following initial surgery only or after revision surgery showed an SRT < or =25 dB in 53% and an SRT < or =30 dB in 64%. For primary and revisions surgeries the incidence of temporary facial paralysis was 1.5% and for significant hearing loss, 3.0%.
CONCLUSIONS: Some degradation in hearing does occur as patients are followed beyond the first postoperative year. Revision surgery will be necessary in approximately one third of cases. With revisions, an SRT < or =25 dB can be expected in half of cases and an SRT < or =30 dB in two thirds of cases. The ability to provide these hearing results supports this surgery in unilateral cases.
STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective study of 55 consecutive patients (59 ears) undergoing surgery during an 11-year period for congenital aural atresia.
METHODS: The best speech reception threshold (SRT) during the first postoperative year was compared with the most recent SRT beyond the first postoperative year. The complication rate and long-term hearing results (>1 y) for initial and revision surgeries were compared.
RESULTS: In the early postoperative period, an SRT of < or =25 dB was achieved in 60% and an SRT of < or =30 dB in 70%. With longer follow-up (mean, 2.8 y), 46% of patients maintained an SRT < or =25 dB. Revision surgery was necessary in approximately one third of patients. Longer-term hearing results following initial surgery only or after revision surgery showed an SRT < or =25 dB in 53% and an SRT < or =30 dB in 64%. For primary and revisions surgeries the incidence of temporary facial paralysis was 1.5% and for significant hearing loss, 3.0%.
CONCLUSIONS: Some degradation in hearing does occur as patients are followed beyond the first postoperative year. Revision surgery will be necessary in approximately one third of cases. With revisions, an SRT < or =25 dB can be expected in half of cases and an SRT < or =30 dB in two thirds of cases. The ability to provide these hearing results supports this surgery in unilateral cases.
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