3.3 Ossiculoplasty type
Cartilage ossiculoplasty was the commonest approach, with a cartilage disc applied directly to stapes head touching the tympanic membrane in 71 (45.5%) patients, 47 (44.8%) within the microscopic group and 24 (48%) of the TEES group, their proportion did not differ significantly (P >0.05). The other materials used were incus in 42 ears (27.1%), Titanium PORP / TORP (Grace medical, USA) in 34 (21.9%), malleus head, bone cement and bone chip in very small cases (Table 2) Tympanic membrane to stapes ossiculoplasty was the commonest type of procedure employed, in 128 (82.1%) of the whole cohort, 93 of those were approached microscopically and 35 via TEES. The other ossiculoplasty types were tympanic membrane to footplate with TORP and footplate shoe in 11 (7.1%) and incus to stapes in 14 (9%). There was no significant difference in the proportion with each type of reconstruction (Table 2)