Stapedectomy Outcomes: Titanium versus Teflon Wire Prosthesis

Abstract

Both prostheses provided comparable results, although the Teflon platinum wire prosthesis was slightly superior. The smaller numbers in the titanium group may confound these results. The design of the titanium prosthesis provides a crimp that is circumferential around the incus, and that prosthesis was selected in cases with a narrow incus. The selection bias may also influence the results seen in this study.