Research Article
Comparison of Nitinol Stapes Pistons with Conventional Stapes Pistons: A Cadaver Study
Table 1
Survey results for the conventional manual crimped stapes prosthesis (%), n = 10 (survey respondents).
| | Piston Letter | Considered
a Nitinol piston | Considered
a conventional piston | Considered circular | Considered oval | Considered to have <34% contact with the incus | Considered to have 33–46% contact with the incus | Considered to have >66% contact with the incus |
| | (a) | 60% | 40% | 90% | 10% | 40% | 0% | 50% | | (b) | 30% | 70% | 0% | 100% | 10% | 50% | 40% | | (f) | 30% | 70% | 20% | 80% | 10% | 60% | 30% | | (g) | 50% | 50% | 40% | 60% | 50% | 40% | 10% | | (h) | 40% | 60% | 80% | 20% | 0% | 20% | 80% | | (l) | 30% | 70% | 10% | 90% | 60% | 20% | 20% | | (m) | 30% | 70% | 0% | 100% | 20% | 50% | 30% | | (o) | 50% | 50% | 90% | 10% | 30% | 20% | 50% | | (p) | 30% | 70% | 20% | 80% | 80% | 20% | 0% |
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