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Assessment of short term hearing improvement in patients of cartilage interposition ossiculoplasty for lenticular process of incus necrosis in cases of chronic suppurative otitis media: mucosal disease

Background Chronic suppurative otitis media is a highly prevalent disease in developing countries. Hearing loss associated with this disease is significantly more in cases associated with ossicular necrosis along with tympanic membrane perforation.

Methods We would like to present a study of such cases of mucosal chronic suppurative otitis media associated with lenticular process necrosis treated by cartilage interposition ossiculoplasty. The patients were followed up for a minimum period of 6 months and their pre op and post op hearing was documented and analyzed.

Results An average air bone gap of 39.07 decibels in pre op was reduced to 18.13 decibels in post-operative period and these improvements persisted over 6 months of follow-up.

Conclusions We have hereby concluded that the hearing improvement is comparable to other methods of ossiculoplasty with minimum disruption of natural hearing assembly in lenticular process of incus necrosis.