Stieve, M.; Hedrich, H.J.; Battmer, R.D.; Behrens, P.; Müller, P. et al.: Experimental middle ear surgery in rabbits: A new approach for reconstructing the ossicular chain. In: Laboratory Animals 43 (2009), Nr. 2, S. 198-204. DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1258/la.2008.007152
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This experimental animal study aimed at evaluating a new prosthesis to replace the ossicular chain; we developed a new technique for surgical implantation into the middle ear of rabbits. The rabbit middle ear is, owing to the relative anatomical dimensions involved, an ideal environment for implantation procedures involving the ossicles, as the surgical conditions are similar to those of the human middle ear. This study included a total of 34 approximately six-month-old female white rabbits (New Zealand) weighing between 3.2 and 4.4 kg. The implants used were constructed of ceramic materials (titania, TiO2) of various pore sizes. Directly prior to implanting the total ossicular reconstruction prostheses (TORPs), as well as at 28, 84 and 300 days after implantation, electric response audiometry was used to determine the hearing thresholds of the animals (bone conduction; click stimulus nHL). An erbium:YAG laser was used to excise the original ossicular chain. Following implantation, we were unable to detect any stenosis of the outer ear canal or perforation of the tympanic membrane. The conductive hearing threshold was in the range of 4.21 ± 6.68 dB nHL (n = 131). The hearing level showed no significant difference before and after surgery (P < 0.05).
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2009 |
Keywords english: |
Brain response audiometry, Experimental middle ear surgery, Ossicular chain prostheses, Rabbit, article, audiometry, auditory ossicle, auditory threshold, controlled study, eardrum, erbium YAG laser, experimental animal, female, implant, middle ear reconstruction, middle ear surgery, nonhuman, rabbit, stenosis, surgical technique, Animals, Audiometry, Evoked Response, Ear Ossicles, Female, Ossicular Prosthesis, Ossicular Replacement, Rabbits, Statistics, Nonparametric, Titanium, Animalia, Oryctolagus cuniculus
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DDC: |
590 | Tiere (Zoologie)
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