Ossiculoplasty

Abstract

Homograft human bone is not only the most logical choice for grafting material, but also the closest transplantation material to the host histologically. This article discusses surgical repair of the ossicular chain with homograft bone transplants, including rationale for present surgical techniques, a thorough description of simple methods of microlathing homograft bone grafts, and instructions for maintaining an ossicular replacement bone bank. Furthermore, results in all types of ossiculoplasty and a method of classification of tympanoplasty are presented in this article.