A 10- to 15-year follow-up study of patients with modeled incus interposition procedure for restoration of hearing reveals that hearing gains as reported in 1972 were sustained by long-term postoperative care despite resurgence of problems from negative middle ear air pressures.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
PenningtonCL. Incus interposition techniques. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol1973; 82: 518–31.
2.
PenningtonCL. Management of fixation of malleolus head and incudal body in tympanoplasty. Laryngoscope1976; 98: 173–8.
3.
PenningtonCL. Incus interposition techniques. In: ShambaughGSheaJ, eds. Proceedings of the Shambaugh Fifth International Workshop on Middle Ear Microsurgery and Fluctuant Hearing Loss. Huntsville, Ala: Strode, 1976: 323–34.
4.
AustinD. Present status of vein graft tympanoplasty. Arch Otolaryngol1965; 81: 20–5.
5.
GuilfordF. Repositioning of the incus. Laryngoscope1965; 75: 236–42.
PenningtonCL. Fascia graft myringostapediopexy. Laryngoscope1966; 76: 1459–76.
8.
BellucciRJ. The malleus stapes wire and total defect skin graft. Laryngoscope1966; 76: 1439–58.
9.
HoughJVD. Ossicular malformations and their correction. In: ShambaughGSheaJ, eds. Proceedings of the Shambaugh Fifth International Workshop on Middle Ear Microsurgery and Fluctuant Hearing Loss. Huntsville, Ala: Strode, 1976: 186–92.
10.
HoughJVD. Experience in tympanoplasty — Avoiding revision and complications. Otolaryngol Clin North Am1982; 15: 845–60.
