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Stapes Surgery in the Pediatric Population: The Mayo Clinic Experience Over 20 Years
Author(s) -
Petersson Rajanya S.,
Carlson Matthew L.,
Beatty Charles W.,
Driscoll Colin L. W.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1002/lary.21293
Subject(s) - medicine , otorhinolaryngology , population , emergency department , general surgery , family medicine , surgery , psychiatry , environmental health
Although stapes surgery for the correction of conductive hearing loss (CHL) in the adult population is well-established, it has received less attention in the literature in regards to the pediatric population. Conductive hearing loss that may be amenable to correction with stapedotomy or stapedectomy procedures in the pediatric population may be due to congenital stapes fixation, malformation, otosclerosis, or tympanosclerosis. Prior to considering stapes surgery, careful examination should exclude the following common causes of CHL in children: middle ear effusion, tympanosclerosis within the tympanic membrane, perforation, retraction, cholesteatoma, and aural atresia.1 House,2 Robinson,3 Cole,4 Murphy,5 and Welling6 have all shown that stapes surgery results for otosclerosis in the pediatric population are as good as those in adults. The purpose of this study is to review our institution’s experience with pediatric stapes surgery over a 20 year period, including indications, techniques, outcomes, and complications.