Long‐Term Stability and Safety of the Soundbridge Coupled to the Round Window

• Published in: The Laryngoscope Vol. 131; no. 5; pp. E1434 - E1442
• Main Authors: Sprinzl, Georg Mathias, Schoerg, Philipp, Muck, Stefanie, Jesenko, Max, Speiser, Sophie, Ploder, Marlene, Edlinger, Stefan Herwig, Magele, Astrid
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, USA John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.05.2021
• Subjects: active middle ear implant; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; AMEI; Austria - epidemiology; Cholesteatoma, Middle Ear - complications; Cholesteatoma, Middle Ear - surgery; Device Removal - statistics & numerical data; Female; Follow-Up Studies; follow‐up; Hearing Loss, Conductive - diagnosis; Hearing Loss, Conductive - etiology; Hearing Loss, Conductive - surgery; Hearing Loss, Mixed Conductive-Sensorineural - diagnosis; Hearing Loss, Mixed Conductive-Sensorineural - etiology; Hearing Loss, Mixed Conductive-Sensorineural - surgery; Humans; implantation; long‐term; Male; Middle Aged; Ossicular Prosthesis - adverse effects; Ossicular Replacement - adverse effects; Ossicular Replacement - instrumentation; Ossicular Replacement - methods; Postoperative Complications - epidemiology; Postoperative Complications - etiology; Retrospective Studies; Round window; Round Window, Ear - surgery; Treatment Outcome; vibrant soundbridge; VSB; Young Adult; Austria; vibrant soundbridge; follow-up; implantation; Round window; performance; VSB; active middle ear implant; AMEI; long-term

Objective The objective of the study was to demonstrate the long‐term outcomes of patients implanted with the active middle ear implant (AMEI) Vibrant Soundbridge (VSB) through coupling the floating mass transducer (FMT) to the round window (RW). Methods This retrospective study evaluated the short‐...