Thomas Rasse, Lisa Niederwanger, Joachim Hornung, Lava Taha, Susan Arndt, Christian Offergeld, Dirk Beutner, Nicholas Bevis, Thomas Lenarz, Magnus Teschner, Esther Schimanski, Georg Sprinzl, Astrid Magele, Piotr H Skarżyński, Łukasz Plichta, Christoph Arnoldner, Dominik Riss, Benjamin Loader, Franz Windisch, Nina Rubicz, Paul Martin Zwittag
PURPOSE: This multicentric, retrospective study aimed to analyze the short-term safety and effectiveness of the mCLIP Partial Prosthesis. METHODS: Patients underwent tympanoplasty with implantation of a mCLIP Partial Prosthesis. Follow-up examination included ear microscopy and pure-tone audiometry to determine the post-operative pure tone average of the frequencies 0.5, 1, 2 and 3 kHz (PTA4 ). The post-operative PTA4 air bone gap (ABG) was used to evaluate the audiological outcome...
December 22, 2023: European Archives of Oto-rhino-laryngology