Key Words: endoscopic, hearing loss, ossiculoplasty,
tympanomastoidectomy, tympanoplasty
Level of evidence: 3
Introduction
Trans-canal endoscopic ear surgery (TEES) carries the benefits of
enhanced visualization shorter operating times and no external incision.
However, TEES does have the disadvantage of being a one-handed procedure
and bleeding can jeopardize the visual
field1 . Current literature suggests TEES
provides similar audiometric, functional, and safety outcomes to those
of microsurgery in tympanoplasty, cholesteatoma surgery and
stapedectomy 2,3 . There are very few
published studies on outcomes of TEES in ossiculoplasty. Our study aimed
to compare audiometric outcomes of patients undergoing ossiculoplasty
employing either the TEES or microsurgery approach performed by a single
otologist.
Methods