Total Ossiculoplasty: Advantages of Two-Point Stabilization Technique

Table 4

Comparison of pure-tone average (PTA), air-bone gap (ABG), and hearing improvement results following total ossicular replacement.

	Current	Martin and Harner [20]	Gardner et al. [21]	Fisch et al. [22]	Krueger et al. [19]	Slater et al. [12]
Mean postoperaive ABG(dB)	15.7	25	24.6	21.2	15.8	NR
Mean PTA improvements(dB)	15.7	9	15.1	16.9	22.8	NR
% 0–10 dB ABG	44	3	7	13	26.7	38
% 0–20 dB ABG	66	40	44	57	66.7	67
PTA calculation	4 freq	4 freq	4 freq	4 freq	4 freq	3 freq
Mean followup	8.1 mo	3 mo–2.5 yr	1.5 yr	1 yr	3 mo	6 mo
𝑁	50	30	27	46	15	133

NR: Not reported, mo: months, yr: years, 𝑁: number patients.