RECONSTRUCTIVE MIDDLE EAR SURGERY WITH VARIOUS OSSICULOPLASTY VARIANTS IN PATIENTS, WHO UNDERWENT CANAL WALL-DAWN MASTOIDECTOMY

Аннотация

According to literary sources, ossiculoplasty is performed in 70-90% cases of tympanoplasty. In order to assess the effectiveness ofossiculoplasty 35 patients who underwent canal - wall dawn mastoidectomy in the middle ear were studied . After a thorough revision oftympanomastoidal cavity and removal of all pathological tissue in cases where the ossicular chain was not functioning the reconstruction was carried out. Auto-cartilage stripes were placed above the facial nerve canal at the level of the facial ridge in order to decrease the volume of the tympanic cavity. Having compared the results of hearing average rate, it was found out that the best results were obtained in patients who underwent surgeries with auto-cartilage stripes installation.