Shrinivas Shripatrao Chavan - Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Government Medical College, Aurangabad, India.
Prateek V Jain - Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Government Medical College, Aurangabad, India.
Jeevan N Vedi - Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Government Medical College, Aurangabad, India
Dharmendra kumar Rai - Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Government Medical College, Aurangabad, India
Himayat Kadri - Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Government Medical College, Aurangabad, India

Introduction: The use of ossicular graft material in ossicular chain reconstruction has significantly improved hearing results hearing after tympanoplasty and tympanomastoid surgery for chronic otitis media. Today, otologists have a wide array of tools from which to choose, but may find it difficult to know which middle ear implant works best.   Materials and Methods: A prospective study of ۸۰ patients who underwent ossiculoplasty was performed in the ear, nose, and throat (ENT) department at a tertiary health care facility from ۲۰۱۱ to ۲۰۱۳. Patients with chronic suppurative otitis media with an air-bone gap (ABG) of >۲۵ dB with ossicular involvement were included in the study. Total ossicular replacement prosthesis (TORP), partial ossicular replacement prosthesis (PORP), and refashioned incus were used. Success was defined as ABG   Results: The majority patients were of middle age with moderate conductive hearing loss. Incus was the most susceptible ossicle. Overall success rate in this study was ۸۰.۰% with an average change of ۱۵.۷۶ dB in ABG.   Conclusion:  With continuing advances in our understanding of middle ear mechanics, the results of ossiculoplasty are improving and results can be very rewarding in experienced hands. Severity of preoperative ear discharge, preoperative mastoid cellularity, presence of disease, and surgical procedure proved to be significant prognostic factors. Autograft incus and PORP fared better when the malleus handle was present while TORP gave better results when the malleus handle was eroded.  

Chronic suppurative otitis media, Ossiculoplasty, Ossicular involvement