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

Overview

Journal Otol Neurotol Open

Date 2024 Mar 22

PMID 38516577

Authors

Laura S M Derks

Isabelle Borgstein

Digna M A Kamalski

Hans G X M Thomeer

Rinze A Tange

Wilko Grolman

Robert J Stokroos

Inge Wegner

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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 measurements and postoperative success rates were not different between the inpatient and day-case group. There were no statistically significant differences between both groups regarding the overall quality of life (QoL) (HUI3), disease-specific QoL (GHSI), change in postoperative health status (GBI), and postoperative complications rate. We found a high patient satisfaction toward the day-case approach. Six patients allocated to the inpatient group requested same-day discharge. Of the day-case patients, there was a crossover rate to inpatient care of 38% (20 patients), mainly due to postoperative nausea and vomiting (25%), vertigo (20%), or dizziness (40%).

Conclusion: We found no significant differences in outcomes of audiometric measurements, QoL, patient satisfaction and postoperative complications following day-case, and inpatient stapes surgery. Therefore, stapes surgery in a day-case setting seems to be a feasible approach in terms of postoperative outcome, safety, and desirability when taking patient selection and surgical planning into account. Besides this, the familiarity with a day-case approach of both patient and the surgical team, will increase the acceptance and feasibility of day-case stapes surgery.

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