OSSICULOPLASTY: A COMPARITIVE STUDY USING TRAGAL CARTILAGE AND PARTIAL OSSICULAR RECONSTRUCTION PROSTHESIS (PORP).

Abhishek Gugliani; Rohan K Patel; Rajesh Vishwakarma; Kalpesh B Patel

Volume : VII, Issue : XI, November - 2017

OSSICULOPLASTY: A COMPARITIVE STUDY USING TRAGAL CARTILAGE AND PARTIAL OSSICULAR RECONSTRUCTION PROSTHESIS (PORP).

Abhishek Gugliani, Rohan K Patel, Rajesh Vishwakarma, Kalpesh B Patel

Abstract :

Ossicular discontinuity is a common complication of chronic otitis media. Reconstruction of the ossicular chain to restore the conductive mechanism of the middle ear is known as ossiculoplasty. The ideal prosthesis for ossicular reconstruction should be biocompatible, stable, safe and easily insertable and capable of yielding beneficial sound conduction. A comparative prospective study of 60 patients of ossiculoplasty between tragal cartilage, and polytetrafluoroethylene (teflon) partial ossicular replacement prosthesis (PORP) to analyse the heå gain at the end of six months. It was observed that improvement in heå outcome postoperatively was better when cartilage was used for ossiculoplasty as compared to when PORP was used.