Stapes surgery in residency: the UFPR clinical hospital experience.

UNLABELLED: Surgery of the stapedius remains the established treatment for otosclerosis. Recent publications have showed that success in surgeries done by residents have decreased and hearing results are worse than those obtained by experienced otologic surgeons. AIM: To evaluate the experience of the otorhinolaryngology unit, Parana University, relative to stapes surgery done in the residency training program. MATERIAL AND METHOD: A retrospective study of 114 stapes surgeries done in the past 9 years in 96 patients. Audiometric results were analysed according to the Committee on Hearing and Equilibrium guidelines and the Amsterdam Hearing Evaluation Plots. The improvement of the airway postoperative gap and thresholds were taken into account. RESULTS: 96 patients were included, most of them female adults (67.7%) and white (93.7%). Stapedectomy was done in 50.9% of cases, mostly under local anesthesia and sedation (96.5%), using mostly the Teflon prosthesis (37.7%). The surgical success rate was 50.88%, there was an 11.4% complication rate. CONCLUSION: Postoperative hearing gains considered as surgical success were inferior to published results in the literature, done by experienced surgeons.

Cirurgia do estapédio na residência: experiência do Hospital de Clínicas/UFPR / Stapes surgery in residency: the ufpr clinical hospital experience

A cirurgia do estapédio permanece como tratamento consagrado para a otosclerose. Recentes publicações têm demonstrado que o sucesso cirúrgico nas cirurgias realizadas por médicos residentes tem diminuído e que os resultados audiológicos tem sido piores que os obtidos por cirurgiões experientes. OBJETIVOS: Avaliar a experiência do serviço de otorrinolaringologia do Hospital de Clínicas/UFPR na realização de cirurgias do estapédio no programa de residência médica. MATERIAL E MÉTODO: Estudo retrospectivo de 114 cirurgias do estapédio realizadas nos últimos 9 anos, em 96 pacientes. Os resultados audiométricos foram analisados conforme orientação do Committee on Hearing and Equilibrium e através do Amsterdam Hearing Evaluation Plots, considerando a melhora do gap pós-operatório e de limiares da via aérea. RESULTADOS: Foram incluídos 96 pacientes, na maioria adultos, do sexo feminino (67,7 por cento) e caucasianos (93,7 por cento). Em 50,9 por cento dos casos foi realizada estapedectomia, sendo a grande maioria sob anestesia local e sedação (96,5 por cento) e utilizando principalmente a prótese de Teflon (37,7 por cento). A taxa de sucesso cirúrgico foi de 50,88 por cento, com 11,4 por cento de complicações. CONCLUSÃO: Os ganhos de audição pós-operatórios considerados como sucesso cirúrgico foram inferiores aos publicados na literatura por cirurgiões experientes.

Surgery of the stapedius remains the established treatment for otosclerosis. Recent publications have showed that success in surgeries done by residents have decreased and hearing results are worse than those obtained by experienced otologic surgeons. AIM: To evaluate the experience of the otorhinolaryngology unit, Parana University, relative to stapes surgery done in the residency training program. MATERIAL AND METHOD: A retrospective study of 114 stapes surgeries done in the past 9 years in 96 patients. Audiometric results were analysed according to the Commitee on Hearing and Equilibrium guidelines and the Amsterdam Hearing Evaluation Plots. The improvement of the airway postoperative gap and thresholds were taken into account. RESULTS: 96 patients were included, most of them female adults (67.7 percent) and white (93.7 percent). Stapedectomy was done in 50.9 percent of cases, mostly under local anesthesia and sedation (96.5 percent), using mostly the Teflon prothesis (37.7 percent). The surgical success rate was 50.88 percent, there was an 11.4 percent complication rate. CONCLUSION: Postoperative hearing gains considered as surgical success were inferior to published results in the literature, done by experienced surgeons.