Taste disturbance after stapes surgery: an evaluation of frequency, severity, duration, and quality-of-lifeShow others and affiliations
2017 (English)In: Acta Oto-Laryngologica, ISSN 0001-6489, E-ISSN 1651-2251, Vol. 37, no 1, p. 39-43Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Conclusion: The incidence of taste disturbance after stapes surgery is high (61.9 %), whereas the majority (94.8 %) recovers within 1 year. More severe surgical nerve trauma caused more disturbance, implying that the nerve should be handled carefully during surgery.
Objectives: Patients operated on for otosclerosis seem more often to complain about post-operative taste disturbance than those operated on for chronic otitis media, although the chorda tympani nerve more seldom becomes maltreated in stapedotomy. These observations seem paradoxical. It is unclear to what extent a post-operative taste disturbance affects the quality-of-life. This study aims to shed light on the occurrence of post-operative taste disturbances, on possible prognostic factors, and to what extent post-operative taste disturbance impairs the quality-of-life.
Methods: One hundred and thirty-four adults undergoing primary stapedotomy were included. Questionnaires on taste disturbance and quality-of-life (SF-36) were answered before and after surgery, until 1 year post-operatively.
Results: Eighty-three (61.9%) study persons reported post-operative taste disturbance. Seven (5.2%) reported persisting disturbance at 1 year. Surgically more traumatized chorda tympani nerves correlated with more severe taste disturbance post-operatively than less traumatized. Taste disturbance at 1 year post-operatively correlate with a decrease of the physical function domain in the SF-36.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Taylor & Francis Group, 2017. Vol. 37, no 1, p. 39-43
Keywords [en]
Chorda tympani nerve, otosclerosis, stapedotomy, taste, questionnaire, QoL, SF-36
National Category
Otorhinolaryngology
Research subject
Oto-Rhino-Laryngology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-315775DOI: 10.1080/00016489.2016.1217562ISI: 000390666600007OAI: oai:DiVA.org:uu-315775DiVA, id: diva2:1075785
2017-02-212017-02-212018-09-13Bibliographically approved
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