Clinical observe of the middle ear malformation / 临床耳鼻咽喉头颈外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective: To analyze the diagnosis and therapeutic effect of the middle ear abnormalities.Method: 65 ears from 1967 to 1996 were reviewed. The degrees of the ossicular abnormalities were analyzed,operative effect were valued. Result:In the 65 ears,incus abnormalities was 57 ears (87.7％),stapes was 55 ears(84.6％), mixed malformation was dominant. 47 ears were operated with ossicular chain reconstruction. 44 ears(93.6％) had hearing improvement, 32ears (68.1％) had obviously improvement (＞20 dB). They werefollowed up over one year, 44 ears had steadily heraring and had not any complications. Conclusion:If diagnosisand interference were all proper, operation would obtain good result.