Auditory outcomes and predictors following ossiculoplasty in cholesteatoma surgery: a retrospective analysis

Postoperative auditory results of our study are fair, given the preoperative aggressiveness/extension of cholesteatoma, but were comparable to a few other studies, as were the rates of postoperative complications and residual disease. Younger age and presence of stapes were predictive of better preoperative hearing. Postoperatively, younger age, absence of mastoidectomy, absence of posterior tympanotomy, and primary surgery were predictors of good hearing outcome. Results in the literature are highly variable, sometimes contradictory. This stems from the diversity of disease extension, surgical techniques, and materials used in ossiculoplasty.