OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To evaluate the effectiveness of bone cement on mean postoperative air-bone gap (ABG) and the proportion of ABG closure to within 20 dB in patients undergoing ossicular chain reconstruction or revision stapes surgery. DATA SOURCES PubMed, Embase, and Central. METHODS A systematic search was conducted. Studies reporting original study data were included. Relevance and r...

OBJECTIVES To determinate whether ossicular chain reconstruction performed with modified double-cartilage block (DCB) ossiculoplasty used by authors, leaving the intact perichondrium layer on the cartilage surface in contact with tympanic membrane, results in significant hearing results and prevents DCB displacement and DCB loss of stiffness when compared with the original DCB technique describ...

Total wrist arthroplasty are not used as widely as total knee and hip replacement. The functional hands are requiring surgeons to design a durable and functional satisfying prosthesis. This article will list the main reasons that cause the failure of the prosthesis. Some remarkable and representative prostheses are listed to show the devolvement of total wrist prosthesis and their individual sp...