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. 2021 Apr;131(4):885-891.
doi: 10.1002/lary.28943. Epub 2020 Aug 15.

Functional Results and Learning Curve of Endoscopic Stapes Surgery: A 10-Year Experience

Daniela Lucidi  1 , Giulia Molinari  1 , Marella Reale  1 , Matteo Alicandri-Ciufelli  1 , Livio Presutti  1
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Functional Results and Learning Curve of Endoscopic Stapes Surgery: A 10-Year Experience

Daniela Lucidi et al. Laryngoscope. 2021 Apr.

Abstract

Objectives/hypothesis: To assess hearing outcomes and complications of endoscopic stapes surgery by a single surgeon in a 10-year period, to compare these data with conventional microscopic procedures by the same operator, and to describe the learning curve of endoscopic stapedotomy.

Study design: Retrospective study.

Methods: This is a retrospective study on patients who underwent endoscopic stapes surgery performed by the same senior surgeon, experienced both in microscopic and endoscopic techniques, between January 2009 and December 2018. Audiological data were compared, and intraoperative and postoperative complications were collected. The surgeon's last 30 cases of microscopic stapedotomy were enrolled as the control group. The results of the first 100 endoscopic stapes surgeries were analyzed separately to create a cumulative sum (CUSUM) control chart for learning curve assessment.

Results: One hundred seventy-eight endoscopic and 30 microscopic stapes surgeries were included. In the endoscopic group, the mean postoperative air-bone gap was 8.2 dB. No significant differences between the endoscopic and microscopic preoperative and postoperative values were reported. A total of eight complications (4.5%) were observed in the endoscopic cohort, although in the control group, no complication occurred. The mean surgical time was 51.9 minutes in the endoscopic group versus 48.2 minutes in the microscopic group (P > .05). No association between stapedotomy success and the increasing number of procedures was found.

Conclusions: Our article demonstrates that functional results from endoscopic stapes surgery are similar to those from microscopic stapes surgery in terms of both safety and efficacy. After gaining endoscopic experience, the surgical duration of stapes surgery will be adequate starting from the first cases.

Level of evidence: 4 Laryngoscope, 131:885-891, 2021.

Keywords: Endoscopic ear surgery; cumulative sum control chart; learning curve; stapedotomy.

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