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OBJECTIVES: Although previous research has indicated inner ear changes in diabetes mellitus (DM) patients, no prior study has explored the middle ear, particularly the ossicles and their joints, in DM patients. This study aimed to investigate whether type 2 DM is associated with middle ear changes, specifically affecting the ossicular chain and joints. METHODS: This study included 47 ears from 25 patients with DM (male = 13, female = 12, age: 51.0 ± 20.5) and age- and sex-matched controls (male = 10, female = 10, age: 54.8 ± 15.9) (sex; p = 1.000, Age; p = 0.991). Otopathological evaluations of the auditory ossicles and incudomalleolar joint (IMJ) were performed using light microscopy. RESULTS: In the IMJ of DM cases, malleus hyalinized cartilage (Malleus hC) and incus hyalinized cartilage (Incus hC) were significantly increased compared with control cases (Malleus hC; DM, 34.17 ± 9.71 µm vs. control 21.96 ± 4.16 µm, p < 0.001) (Incus hC; DM 35.11 ± 10.12 µm vs. control 22.42 ± 4.368 µm, p < 0.001). In addition, bone-line distance was significantly longer than in DM cases than control cases (DM 266.72 ± 59.11 µm vs. control 239.81 ± 35.56 µm p = 0.040). On the other hand, joint discus distance was longer in the control group than in DM cases (DM 96.84 ± 36.80 µm vs. Control 113.63 ± 23.81 µm, p = 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: This study reveals a notable increase in the hyalinized cartilage layer and bone-line distance accompanied by reducing joint discus distance within the IMJ in DM cases. These findings suggest that DM may influence microjoints, such as the IMJ, and potentially impact auditory function. EVIDENCE LEVEL: N/A Laryngoscope, 134:2871-2878, 2024.
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Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2 , Osículos del Oído , Humanos , Femenino , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/complicaciones , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/patología , Osículos del Oído/patología , Adulto , Estudios de Casos y Controles , Anciano , Oído Medio/patologíaRESUMEN
BACKGROUND Otosclerosis is a pathology that interferes with the conduction of vibrations to the inner ear, triggering changes in the auditory ossicles and their associated joints due to mechanical overload. This study primarily aims to evaluate these overload-induced modifications in the stapes head resulting from the immobilization of the base of the third auditory ossicle in otosclerosis patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS We conducted a comparative analysis of patients undergoing their first surgery for otosclerosis. The test group consisted of 31 patients who underwent stapedotomy between 2020-2021. For comparison, we utilized a control group comprising stapes samples extracted during vestibular schwannoma surgeries via a transcochlear approach. A prospective analysis of bone tissue surface topography and chemical composition was executed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). RESULTS SEM analysis of the stapes head in otosclerosis patients relative to the control group displayed no significant differences in chemical composition or the presence of otosclerotic foci. Nonetheless, various forms of bone tissue surface damage were noted on the stapes head in all otosclerosis patients. Mild changes were evident in 90% of the samples, while small linear bone tissue fractures were observed in 58% of the samples. Furthermore, minor osteophytic changes were detected in 16% of the samples. CONCLUSIONS The immobilization of the stapes base by otosclerotic foci instigates overloads in the incus-stapes joint, leading to the eventual remodeling of the stapes head articular surface.
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Otosclerosis , Cirugía del Estribo , Humanos , Estribo , Otosclerosis/patología , Otosclerosis/cirugía , Microscopía Electrónica de Rastreo , Osículos del Oído/patología , Huesos/patologíaRESUMEN
OBJECTIVE: To compare the performance of the EAONO/JOS, STAMCO, and ChOLE Cholesteatoma Staging Systems in prognostic evaluation of children acquired middle ear cholesteatoma after primary surgery and identify the other factors that could predict cholesteatoma recidivism. And the correlation between the staging and the recidivism of cholesteatoma after grouping according to operation was evaluated. METHODS: A total of 123 ears of 118 patients that underwent surgery for primary cholesteatoma from November 2008 to May 2020 were included in this retrospective study, and then classified and staged according to the EAONO/JOS, STAMCO, and ChOLE cholesteatoma staging system, respectively. Each indicator involved in the system above was analyzed separately to evaluate its prognostic value for cholesteatoma recidivism. RESULTS: The type of surgical procedure performed (P = 0.020) was shown to be associated with cholesteatoma recidivism. Cholesteatoma location the supratubal recess (S1) (P = 0.026, HR = 3.614, 95% CI 1.137, 7.945), and the sinus tympani (S2) (P = 0.004, HR = 4.208, 95% CI 1.574, 11.250) were shown to be significantly associated with disease recidivism. When focusing on the CWU operation group, ossicular chain status in STAMCO stage (P = 0.043) and in the ChOLE stage (P = 0.018) were significantly associated with cholesteatoma recidivism. The results had shown no association between the three stages and cholesteatoma recidivism in the CWD and endoscopic surgery groups. CONCLUSIONS: Based on our study, the EAONO/JOS, STAMCO, and ChOLE Classifications have limited value in predicting cholesteatoma recidivism, in acquired middle ear cholesteatoma in children. Adding the pathological status of the ossicular chain may be useful for predicting the recidivism of cholesteatoma. Additional validation studies are entailed to definitively assess the clinical utility of these classifications.
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Colesteatoma del Oído Medio , Niño , Humanos , Colesteatoma del Oído Medio/diagnóstico , Colesteatoma del Oído Medio/cirugía , Colesteatoma del Oído Medio/complicaciones , Pronóstico , Estudios Retrospectivos , Nigeria , Osículos del Oído/patología , Resultado del TratamientoRESUMEN
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of size, location and shape of tympanic membrane perforations on hearing levels of a large study group treated in a tertiary referral centre. METHOD: Medical data of 458 patients with tympanic membrane perforations were evaluated. RESULTS: A total of 336 patients had normal middle-ear findings during the surgical procedures. There was a significant difference in terms of mean pure tone average and air-bone gap values between posterior-inferior and anterior-inferior perforations (p = 0.005 and p = 0.044, respectively). The mean air-bone gap value of kidney-shaped perforations was significantly higher. Posterior-superior and posterior perforations were significant indicators for ossicular chain defects (p < 0.001; odds ratio, 14.2 and p = 0.004; odds ratio, 3.4, respectively). CONCLUSION: Perforations located in the posterior-inferior quadrant caused the greatest hearing loss. The difference between posterior-inferior and anterior-superior or inferior perforations was statistically significant. Posterior perforations had a significant relationship with ossicular chain pathologies. Kidney-shaped perforations caused higher pure tone average and air-bone gap values than annular, elliptical or pinpoint perforations.
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Pérdida Auditiva Conductiva/patología , Audición , Perforación de la Membrana Timpánica/patología , Adulto , Audiometría de Tonos Puros , Umbral Auditivo , Conducción Ósea , Osículos del Oído/patología , Femenino , Pérdida Auditiva Conductiva/etiología , Humanos , Masculino , Membrana Timpánica/patología , Perforación de la Membrana Timpánica/complicacionesRESUMEN
X-linked hypophosphatemia (XLH) is a hereditary musculoskeletal disorder caused by loss-of-function mutations in the PHEX gene. In XLH, increased circulating fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) levels cause renal phosphate wasting and low concentrations of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D, leading to an early clinical manifestation of rickets. Importantly, hearing loss is commonly observed in XLH patients. We present here data from two XLH patients with marked conductive hearing loss. To decipher the underlying pathophysiology of hearing loss in XLH, we utilized the Hyp mouse model of XLH and measured auditory brain stem responses (ABRs) and distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs) to functionally assess hearing. As evidenced by the increased ABR/DPOAE threshold shifts in the mid-frequency range, these measurements indicated a predominantly conductive hearing loss in Hyp mice compared to wild-type (WT) mice. Therefore, we carried out an in-depth histomorphometric and scanning electron microscopic analysis of the auditory ossicles. Quantitative backscattered electron imaging (qBEI) indicated a severe hypomineralization of the ossicles in Hyp mice, evidenced by lower calcium content (CaMean) and higher void volume (ie, porosity) compared to WT mice. Histologically, voids correlated with unmineralized bone (ie, osteoid), and the osteoid volume per bone volume (OV/BV) was markedly higher in Hyp mice than WT mice. The density of osteocyte lacunae was lower in Hyp mice than in WT mice, whereas osteocyte lacunae were enlarged. Taken together, our findings highlight the importance of ossicular mineralization for hearing conduction and point toward the potential benefit of improving mineralization to prevent hearing loss in XLH. © 2021 The Authors. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR).
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Osículos del Oído/patología , Raquitismo Hipofosfatémico Familiar , Pérdida Auditiva Conductiva , Animales , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Raquitismo Hipofosfatémico Familiar/complicaciones , Raquitismo Hipofosfatémico Familiar/diagnóstico por imagen , Raquitismo Hipofosfatémico Familiar/genética , Factor-23 de Crecimiento de Fibroblastos , Humanos , Ratones , Endopeptidasa Neutra Reguladora de Fosfato PHEXRESUMEN
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Retrospective study.
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Osículos del Oído/patología , Presbiacusia/patología , Hueso Temporal/patología , Anciano , Audiometría , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Sistema de RegistrosRESUMEN
OBJECTIVE: Chronic otitis media is a heterogeneous disorder. Chronic suppurative otitis media with cholesteatoma and, to a lesser extent, chronic otitis media with granulation lead to the destruction of bone structures within the middle ear. Bone loss may appear in the prominence of the horizontal semicircular canals and the bony canal of the facial nerve. The inflammatory process may spread to the bony labyrinth of the sigmoidal sinuses and the cranial cavities. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The analysis comprised the examination of fragments of auditory ossicles removed during surgery in 21 patients with various types of chronic inflammation of the middle ear. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of scanning electron microscopy in evaluating the erosion of middle ear ossicles in different types of chronic otitis media. Images captured at various magnifications were used for the best possible illustration of the observed lesions in bone tissue. RESULTS: The observed lesions and the degree of bone surface damage were dependent on the type of chronic inflammation of the middle ear. The largest destructive changes in the ossicular chain were observed in chronic otitis media with cholesteatoma; smaller changes were observed in chronic otitis media with granulation. CONCLUSION: In the case of damage to the ossicles inflicted by inflammation, the use of a modeled bone block made of a temporal bone taken from outside the tympanic cavity or a biomaterial prosthesis is a good choice in ossiculoplasty.
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Colesteatoma del Oído Medio/diagnóstico por imagen , Osículos del Oído/diagnóstico por imagen , Tejido de Granulación/diagnóstico por imagen , Microscopía Electrónica de Rastreo , Otitis Media/diagnóstico por imagen , Colesteatoma del Oído Medio/patología , Enfermedad Crónica , Osículos del Oído/patología , Oído Medio/diagnóstico por imagen , Oído Medio/patología , Tejido de Granulación/patología , Humanos , Ilustración Médica , Reemplazo Osicular/métodos , Otitis Media/patologíaRESUMEN
BACKGROUND: Despite different etiologies, chronic otitis media involves the damaging and restructuring of bone tissue. The inflammatory process destroys elements of the ossicular chain, and bone lesions may appear that allow the development of otogenous complications. AIMS/OBJECTIVES: A correlation between the degree of damage to the ossicular chain as well as the bony walls of the middle ear and the type of chronic inflammatory lesions was sought. Destructive changes to bones were observed using scanning microscopy. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The removed damaged fragments of the ossicles were prepared for evaluation with a scanning microscope. Preparations were sputter-coated with a thin layer of gold and subsequently evaluated. RESULTS: Of 220 surgeries carried out in the discussed period, destruction of the middle ear bone walls, opening the way for the development of intracranial complications, was found in 27 patients. Most of them had ongoing chronic otitis media with granulation. CONCLUSIONS: (1) Bone loss of the skull base was observed more frequently in patients with chronic otitis media with granulation than with cholesteatoma. (2) In chronic otitis media with cholesteatoma, damage to the ossicular chain was observed significantly more frequently than in the case of otitis media with granulation.
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Osículos del Oído/ultraestructura , Oído Medio/ultraestructura , Otitis Media/patología , Adulto , Anciano , Colesteatoma del Oído Medio/complicaciones , Colesteatoma del Oído Medio/patología , Enfermedad Crónica , Osículos del Oído/patología , Osículos del Oído/cirugía , Oído Medio/patología , Femenino , Tejido de Granulación/patología , Humanos , Masculino , Microscopía Electrónica de Rastreo , Persona de Mediana Edad , Otitis Media/complicaciones , Estudios Prospectivos , Base del Cráneo/patologíaRESUMEN
OBJECTIVES: Evidence from previous literature had shown that the use of a single frequency probe tone is not sensitive enough to detect middle ear pathologies, especially related to the ossicles, which hinders accurate diagnosis. The goal of the present study was to compare the outcome of wideband absorbance (WBA) tympanometry and to determine the difference in WBA pattern in adults with otosclerosis and ossicular chain discontinuity. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Estimated adult cases of otosclerosis (10 ears) and ossicular chain discontinuity (06 ears) along with healthy individuals (10 ears) in the age range of 24 to 48 years (mean age: 38.6 years) were considered for the study. WBA was measured at peak and ambient pressure along with resonance frequency and compared with the data obtained from the healthy individuals to determine the WBA pattern. RESULTS: Data analysis revealed a distinct WBA pattern showing high absorbance at 750 Hz for ossicular chain discontinuity compared to healthy individuals, whereas the otosclerosis group showed reduced absorbance (p < 0.05) at low frequencies (250 Hz to 1500 Hz). WBA measured at the peak and ambient pressure did not elicit any significant difference across the frequencies. Also, the average WBA tympanogram measured between 375 Hz and 2000 Hz showed a significant difference in ambient pressure only in the otosclerosis group. In comparison to healthy individuals (901 Hz), ossicular chain discontinuity showed a significant reduction in resonance frequency (674 Hz), whereas in cases with otosclerosis had higher resonance frequency (1445 Hz). CONCLUSIONS AND SIGNIFICANCE: The present study showed different WBA patterns between the groups and the absorbance values were significantly different at the low frequencies. This suggests that WBA has the potential to differentiate ossicles related pathologies from normal and also between the ear with otosclerosis and ossicular chain discontinuity.
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Pruebas de Impedancia Acústica , Osículos del Oído/fisiopatología , Otosclerosis/fisiopatología , Pruebas de Impedancia Acústica/métodos , Acústica , Adulto , Umbral Auditivo , Estudios de Casos y Controles , Enfermedades del Oído/diagnóstico , Enfermedades del Oído/fisiopatología , Osículos del Oído/anomalías , Osículos del Oído/patología , Pérdida Auditiva Conductiva/diagnóstico , Pérdida Auditiva Conductiva/fisiopatología , Humanos , Persona de Mediana Edad , Otosclerosis/diagnósticoRESUMEN
<b>Introduction: </b>Knowledge about the physiology of a healthy middle ear is essential for understanding the activity and mechanics of the ear as well as the basics of ossiculoplasty. Trauma of the epithelial lining of the tympanic cavity as well as the ossicular chain may be the result of chronic inflammation and surgery. Depending on the observed changes of the middle ear lining, there are several types of distinguished chronic inflammatory changes: simple, with cholesteatoma, with the formation of inflammatory granulation tissue, in course of specific diseases. <br><b>Purpose: </b>The aim of the article is presentation of the microstructure and vasculature of the ossicular chain in the Scanning Electron Microscope. Particular attention is drawn to the anatomical aspects of the structure and connections of auditory ossicles as vital elements for reconstruction of the conduction system of the middle ear. <br><b>Material and method: </b>The analysis covered auditory ossicles standardly removed in accordance with the methodology of the investigated surgical procedures. The preparations were evaluated in a scanning electron microscope. <br><b>Results: </b>The exposure of bone surface promotes deep erosion. The advanced process of destruction of bone surface in the case of chronic otitis media correlates with a significant degree of damage to both the lining covering the auditory ossicles and that surrounding articular surfaces. <br><b>Conclusions: </b>(1) The ossicles in the image of the Scanning Electron Microscope are covered with lining. It passes from the surface of the ossicles to the vascular bundles, forming vascular sheaths; (2) Damage to lining continuity on the surface of the auditory ossicles promotes the rapid destruction of bone tissue in the inflammatory process; (3) The dimensions of the individual ossicles are respectively: malleus - 8.36 +/- 0.01, incus - 8.14 +/- 0.0, stapes - 3.23 +/- 0.01 mm. Behavior of the anatomical length of ossicular chain during tympanoplasty appears to be essential to maintaining adequate vibration amplitude of the conductive system of the middle ear.
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Osículos del Oído/diagnóstico por imagen , Osículos del Oído/patología , Oído Medio/diagnóstico por imagen , Oído Medio/patología , Microscopía Electrónica de Rastreo , Osículos del Oído/cirugía , Oído Medio/cirugía , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Otitis Media/diagnóstico por imagen , Otitis Media/patología , TimpanoplastiaRESUMEN
Air-bone gaps (ABGs) are commonly found in patients with conductive or mixed hearing loss generally due to outer- and/or middle-ear diseases such as otitis externa, tympanic membrane perforation, interruption or fixation of the ossicular chain, and chronic suppurative otitis media. ABGs can also be found in correlation with inner-ear disorders, such as endolymphatic hydrops, enlarged vestibular aqueduct syndrome, semicircular canal dehiscence, gusher syndrome, cochlear dehiscence, and Paget disease's as well cerebral vascular anomalies including dural arteriovenous fistula. The typical clinical presentation of inner-ear conditions or cerebral vascular anomalies causing ABGs includes audiological and vestibular symptoms like vertigo, oscillopsia, dizziness, imbalance, spinning sensation, pulsatile or continuous tinnitus, hyperacusis, autophony, auricular fullness, Tullio's phenomenon, and Hennebert's sign. Establishing a definitive diagnosis of the underlying condition in patients presenting with an ABG is often challenging to do and, in many patients, the condition may remain undefined. Results from an accurate clinical, audiological, and vestibular evaluation can be suggestive for the underlying condition; however, radiological assessment by computed tomography and/or magnetic resonance imaging is mandatory to confirm any diagnostic suspicion. In this review, we describe and discuss the most recent updates available regarding the clinical presentation and diagnostic workup of inner-ear conditions that may present together with ABGs.
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Conducción Ósea/fisiología , Huesos/diagnóstico por imagen , Enfermedades del Laberinto/patología , Imagen por Resonancia Magnética/métodos , Tomografía Computarizada por Rayos X/métodos , Aire , Huesos/patología , Malformaciones Vasculares del Sistema Nervioso Central/complicaciones , Malformaciones Vasculares del Sistema Nervioso Central/patología , Niño , Cóclea/patología , Osículos del Oído/patología , Hidropesía Endolinfática/complicaciones , Femenino , Pérdida Auditiva/patología , Pérdida Auditiva Conductiva/patología , Perdida Auditiva Conductiva-Sensorineural Mixta/patología , Pérdida Auditiva Sensorineural/complicaciones , Humanos , Enfermedades del Laberinto/complicaciones , Masculino , Enfermedad de Meniere/patología , Persona de Mediana Edad , Osteítis Deformante/complicaciones , Dehiscencia del Canal Semicircular/complicaciones , Acueducto Vestibular/anomalíasRESUMEN
BACKGROUND: A significant number of adults suffer from conductive hearing loss due to chronic otitis media, otosclerosis, or other pathologies. An objective measurement of ossicular mobility is needed to avoid unnecessarily invasive middle ear surgery and to improve hearing outcomes. METHODS: Minimally invasive intraoperative laser vibrometry provides a method that is compatible with middle ear surgery, where the tympanic membrane is elevated. The ossicles were driven by a floating mass transducer and their mobility was measured using a laser Doppler vibrometer. Utilising this method, we assessed both the absolute velocities of the umbo and incus long process as well as the incus-to-umbo velocity ratio during artificial fixation of the incus alone or incus and malleus together. RESULTS: The reduction of absolute velocities was 8âdB greater at the umbo and 17âdB at the incus long process for incus-malleus fixations when compared with incus fixation alone. Incus fixation alone resulted in no change to the incus-to-umbo velocity ratio where incus-malleus fixations reduced this ratio (-11âdB). The change in incus velocity was shown to be the most suitable parameter to distinguish between incus fixation and incus-malleus fixation. When the whole frequency range was analyzed, one could also differentiate these two fixations from previously published stapes fixation, where the higher frequencies were less affected. CONCLUSION: Minimally invasive intraoperative laser vibrometry provides a promising objective analysis of ossicular mobility that would be useful intraoperatively.
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Osículos del Oído , Pérdida Auditiva Conductiva/cirugía , Rayos Láser , Procedimientos Quirúrgicos Otológicos/métodos , Vibración , Adulto , Osículos del Oído/patología , Osículos del Oído/cirugía , Femenino , Humanos , Procedimientos Quirúrgicos Mínimamente Invasivos/instrumentación , Procedimientos Quirúrgicos Mínimamente Invasivos/métodos , Modelos AnatómicosRESUMEN
In order to study the influence of tympanic membrane lesion and ossicular erosion caused by otitis media on the hearing compensation performance of round-window stimulation, a human ear finite element model including cochlear asymmetric structure was established by computed tomography (CT) technique and reverse engineering technique. The reliability of the model was verified by comparing with the published experimental data. Based on this model, the tympanic membrane lesion and ossicular erosion caused by otitis media were simulated by changing the corresponding tissue structure. Besides, these simulated diseases' effects on the round-window stimulation were studied by comparing the corresponding basilar-membrane's displacement at the frequency-dependent characteristic position. The results show that the thickening and the hardening of the tympanic membrane mainly deteriorated the hearing compensation performance of round-window stimulation in the low frequency; tympanic membrane perforation and the minor erosion of ossicle with ossicular chain connected slightly effected the hearing compensation performance of round-window stimulation. Whereas, different from the influence of the aforementioned lesions, the ossicular erosion involving the ossicular chain detachment increased its influence on performance of round-window stimulation at the low frequency. Therefore, the effect of otitis media on the hearing compensation performance of round-window stimulation should be considered comprehensively when designing its actuator, especially the low-frequency deterioration caused by the thickening and the hardening of the tympanic membrane; the actuator's low-frequency output should be enhanced accordingly to ensure its postoperative hearing compensation performance.
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Estimulación Acústica , Otitis Media/fisiopatología , Ventana Redonda/fisiología , Perforación de la Membrana Timpánica , Osículos del Oído/patología , Análisis de Elementos Finitos , Audición , Humanos , Reproducibilidad de los Resultados , Tomografía Computarizada por Rayos XRESUMEN
PURPOSE: The aim of this work was to study the effect of middle ear disorder on round window (RW) stimulation, so as to provide references for the optimal design of RW stimulation type middle ear implants (MEIs). METHODS: A human ear finite-element model was built by reverse engineering technique based on micro-computed tomography scanning images of human temporal bone, and was validated by three sets of comparisons with experimental data. Then, based on this model, typical disorders in otosclerosis and otitis media were simulated. Finally, their influences on the RW stimulation were analyzed by comparison of the displacements of the basilar membrane. RESULTS: For the otosclerosis, the stapedial abnormal bone growth severely deteriorated the equivalent sound pressure of the RW stimulation at higher frequencies, while the hardening of ligaments and tendons prominently decreased the RW stimulation at lower frequencies. Besides, among the hardening of the studied tissues, the influence of the stapedial annular ligament's hardening was much more significant. For the otitis media, the round window membrane (RWM)'s thickening mainly decreased the RW stimulation's performance at lower frequencies. When the elastic modulus' reduction of the RWM was considered at the same time especially for the acute otitis media, it would raise the lower-frequency performance of the RW stimulation. CONCLUSIONS: The influence of the middle ear disorder on the RW stimulation is considerable and variable, it should be considered during the design of the RW stimulation type MEIs.
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Enfermedades del Oído/patología , Análisis de Elementos Finitos , Modelos Biológicos , Ventana Redonda/patología , Membrana Basilar/patología , Cóclea/patología , Osículos del Oído/patología , Elasticidad , Humanos , Movimiento (Física) , Reproducibilidad de los Resultados , ViscosidadRESUMEN
As a novel application of implantable middle ear hearing device, round-window stimulation is widely used to treat hearing loss with middle ear disease, such as ossicular chain malformation. To evaluate the influence of ossicular chain malformations on the efficiency of the round-window stimulation, a human ear finite element model, which incorporates cochlear asymmetric structure, was constructed. Five groups of comparison with experimental data confirmed the model's validity. Based on this model, we investigated the influence of three categories of ossicular chain malformations, that is, incudostapedial disconnection, incus and malleus fixation, and fixation of the stapes. These malformations' effects were evaluated by comparing the equivalent sound pressures derived from the basilar membrane displacement. Results show that the studied ossicular chain malformations mainly affected the round-window simulation's performance at low frequencies. In contrast to the fixation of the ossicles, which mainly deteriorates round-window simulation's low-frequency performance, incudostapedial disconnection increases this performance, especially in the absence of incus process and stapes superstructure. Among the studied ossicular chain malformations, the stapes fixation has a much more severe impact on the round-window stimulation's efficiency. Thus, the influence of the patients' ossicular chain malformations should be considered in the design of the round-window stimulation's actuator. The low-frequency output of the round-window simulation's actuator should be enhanced, especially for treating the patients with stapes fixation.
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Osículos del Oído/patología , Análisis de Elementos Finitos , Fenómenos Mecánicos , Ventana Redonda , Fenómenos Biomecánicos , Osículos del Oído/diagnóstico por imagen , Humanos , Ventana Redonda/diagnóstico por imagen , Ventana Redonda/patología , Microtomografía por Rayos XRESUMEN
OBJECTIVES: We evaluated the pattern of ossicular chain (OC) lesion in chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) without cholesteatoma and its impact on outcomes in primary and revision surgeries. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This was a retrospective chart review. Patients who underwent tympanoplasty due to CSOM with OC defect between 2010 and 2015 were included in the study. RESULTS: OC lesions were found during 40 of 147 tympanoplasties performed due to CSOM. The preoperative air-bone gap (ABG) was greater in both discontinuity and fixation cases than in cases with CSOM with an intact OC (p<0.001). Twenty-nine patients were followed up postoperatively, after excluding four patients with stapes footplate fixation, in whom stapedotomy was not performed simultaneously. Among the 29 patients, the audiological results were similar in cases of discontinuity and fixation regarding gap change, residual ABG, and the rate of successful ossiculoplasty. Primary tympanoplasties provided better results according to postoperative ABG and the rate of successful ossiculoplasty than revision surgeries (p<0.05); however, similar patterns of OC lesions were found during primary and revision surgeries. CONCLUSION: Both OC discontinuity and fixation occur in CSOM in a similar distribution in primary tympanoplasties and revision surgeries. The type of OC lesion does not affect outcomes. Primary surgeries provide better results, but that is not due to a difference in the character of the OC lesion.
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Osículos del Oído/cirugía , Yunque/cirugía , Otitis Media Supurativa/diagnóstico , Otitis Media Supurativa/cirugía , Adolescente , Adulto , Anciano , Conducción Ósea/fisiología , Enfermedad Crónica , Osículos del Oído/patología , Femenino , Audición/fisiología , Pruebas Auditivas/métodos , Humanos , Yunque/patología , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Otitis Media Supurativa/complicaciones , Otitis Media Supurativa/patología , Periodo Posoperatorio , Reoperación , Estudios Retrospectivos , Cirugía del Estribo/métodos , Resultado del Tratamiento , Timpanoplastia/métodos , Adulto JovenRESUMEN
OBJECTIVE: Chronic otitis media (COM) is an important debilitating public problem causing hearing loss due to irreversible resorption of the ossicular chain. Activation of osteoprotegerin (OPG) during an acute attack of COM prevents bone resorption.The aim of the study was to investigate the role of OPG gene expression level on ossicular chain resorption in chronic otitis media. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Fifty operated COM patients were included in the study. While 20 patients underwent ossiculoplasty, 30 patients underwent type 1 tympanoplasty. For RNA isolation and OPG gene expression analysis, middle ear swabs were taken from nasopharynx in the ostium of the Eustachian tube. RNA was isolated with mRNA easy kit and kept at - 85 °C till the cDNA and expression analysis. Expression levels were analyzed with real-time quantitative PCR in comparison with PDGB gene expression level as an internal control. RESULTS: Sample Cq measurements of type 1 tympanoplasty group were higher than Cq measurements of the internal control group (p = 0.027; p < 0.05). In contrast, there was no statistically significant difference between sample Cq measurements of ossiculoplasty group and Cq measurements of the internal control group (p = 0.293; p > 0.05). CONCLUSION: Since OPG gene expression level was significantly higher in type 1 tympanoplasty group, OPG gene regulation system may have an effect on ossicular chain destruction in COM.
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Osículos del Oído/patología , Expresión Génica , Osteoprotegerina/genética , Otitis Media/genética , Adolescente , Adulto , Resorción Ósea , Enfermedad Crónica , Osículos del Oído/cirugía , Trompa Auditiva , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Prótesis Osicular , Osteoprotegerina/metabolismo , Otitis Media/metabolismo , Otitis Media/cirugía , Timpanoplastia , Adulto JovenRESUMEN
Today's audiometric methods for the diagnosis of middle ear disease are often based on a comparison of measurements with standard curves, that represent the statistical range of normal hearing responses. Because of large inter-individual variances in the middle ear, especially in wideband tympanometry (WBT), specificity and quantitative evaluation are greatly restricted. A new model-based approach could transform today's predominantly qualitative hearing diagnostics into a quantitative and tailored, patient-specific diagnosis, by evaluating WBT measurements with the aid of a middle-ear model. For this particular investigation, a finite element model of a human ear was used. It consisted of an acoustic ear canal and a tympanic cavity model, a middle-ear with detailed nonlinear models of the tympanic membrane and annular ligament, and a simplified inner-ear model. This model has made it possible for us to simulate pathologies like the stiffening of ligaments or joints, because we can simply change the corresponding mechanical parameters of the model. On the other hand, it is also possible to identify pathologies from measurements, by analyzing the parameters obtained by a system identification procedure. This reduces the number of required model parameters through sensitivity studies and parameter clustering. Uncertainties due to the lack of knowledge, subjectivity in numerical implementation and model simplification are taken into account by the application of fuzzy arithmetic. The most confident parameter set can be determined by applying an inverse fuzzy method on the measurement data. The principle and the benefits of this model-based approach are illustrated by the example of a two-mass oscillator, and also by the simulation of the energy absorbance of an ear with malleus fixation, where the parameter changes that are introduced can be determined quantitatively through the system identification.
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Pruebas de Impedancia Acústica , Enfermedades del Oído/diagnóstico , Oído Medio/fisiopatología , Lógica Difusa , Audición , Modelos Teóricos , Análisis por Conglomerados , Conducto Auditivo Externo/patología , Conducto Auditivo Externo/fisiopatología , Enfermedades del Oído/patología , Enfermedades del Oído/fisiopatología , Osículos del Oído/patología , Osículos del Oído/fisiopatología , Oído Medio/patología , Humanos , Articulaciones/patología , Articulaciones/fisiopatología , Ligamentos/patología , Ligamentos/fisiopatología , Valor Predictivo de las Pruebas , Reproducibilidad de los Resultados , Membrana Timpánica/patología , Membrana Timpánica/fisiopatologíaRESUMEN
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the ossicular chain erosions (OCE) in chronic otitis media patients with cholesteatoma (COM-C) or without cholesteatoma (COM). MATERIALS AND METHODS: The OCE and preoperative hearing levels of a total of 915 patients were evaluated retrospectively. Patients were divided into three groups. Of the 915 patients, 615 (67.2%) had COM, 234 (25.6%) had COM-C, and 66 (7.2%) had chronic otitis media with granulation tissue (COM-G). RESULTS: OCE was found in 291 (31.8%) of 915 patients. OCE was found in 192 (82%) of 234 patients with COM-C, 21 (31.8%) of 66 patients with COM-G, and 78 (12.7%) of 615 patients with COM. CONCLUSION: The most commonly seen OCE was incus erosion, followed by stapes and malleus erosions. The results of this study show that there are more OCE in the COM-C group than in the COM-G and COM groups. To our knowledge, this study has the widest patient population in the literature focused on the OCE relation with COM, COM-C, and COM-G and its effect on the preoperative hearing level.
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Colesteatoma/complicaciones , Osículos del Oído/patología , Tejido de Granulación , Otitis Media/patología , Adolescente , Adulto , Anciano , Niño , Preescolar , Enfermedad Crónica , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Otitis Media/complicaciones , Estudios Retrospectivos , Adulto JovenRESUMEN
: Many previous attempts have been made to classify or categorize cholesteatomas. Recently, the European Academy of Otology and Neurotology and the Japanese Otological Society proposed a classification system based primarily on extension and complications. The European Academy of Otology and Neurotology/Japanese Otological Society consensus statement makes an effort to standardize reporting of surgical techniques. Internet-based multicenter studies are facilitated by increasing connectivity, but a mutually-agreed framework for reporting is necessary for results to be comparable across sites. New technologies compete with established standardized surgical approaches and need to be validated. It is definitively the right time to find a consensus on how to record and report surgical findings in cholesteatoma surgery. To stimulate this interesting discussion, we propose a ChOLE-classification system, which is based on the differentiation into extension (Ch), status of the ossicular chain at the end of surgery (O), complications (L), and degree of pneumatization and ventilation (E). A numeric rule is used to stage these cholesteatomas from I-III.