Hearing Results, Quality of Life, Patient Satisfaction, and Postoperative Complications of Day-case Versus Inpatient Stapes Surgery for Otosclerosis in Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the effect of day-case stapes surgery on hearing results, quality of life, patient satisfaction, and complications rates, compared with inpatient stapes surgery.

Study design

A single-center, nonblinded, randomized controlled trial in a tertiary referral center.

Methods

One hundred twelve adult patients planned for primary or revision stapes surgery were randomly assigned to either the day-case or inpatient treatment group. The effect on hearing outcomes (primarily), hearing benefits, quality of life, patient satisfaction, postoperative complications, and causes of crossover or readmission (secondarily) were assessed using auditory evaluations, questionnaires, and patients' charts over a follow-up period of 1 year.

Results

Audiometric m

SUBMITTER: Derks LSM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10950158 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature