What is the most important factor to preserve hearing in lateral semicircular canal fistula surgeries, fistula size or bony structure?

Hantai Kim Jung Ho Ha Se Hyun Yeou Jeong Hun Jang Hun Yi Park Yun-Hoon Choung

Published in: European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (2023)

The preservation of the labyrinthine structure is more important than the defect size of the LSCC fistula. If the structure is intact, cholesteatoma matrices lying on the defect can be safely removed, even though the size of bony defect is large.

Keyphrases

minimally invasive
hearing loss