Table 3 Middle ear complications in individuals with osteogenesis imperfecta that underwent stapes surgery.

From: Treatments for hearing loss in osteogenesis imperfecta: a systematic review and meta-analysis on their efficacy

Study

No. of ears

Fixed stapes footplate

No. of ears

Thick stapes footplate

No. of ears

Fractured stapes crura

No. of ears

Thin or/and atrophic stapes crura

No. of ears

Vascular mucosa

No. of ears

Shea and Postma (1982)40

62

62

31

13

18

Pedersen (1983)76

43

43

23

5

14

13

Garretsen and Cremers (1991)51

58

54

32

10

22

12

Albahnasawy et al. (2001)46

6

3

4

Van der Rijt and Cremers (2003)47

13

13

7

1

9

6

Kuurila et al. (2004)31

43

19

4

4

16

Vincent et al. (2005)32

23

23

0

0

Swinnen et al. (2009)34

13

13

4

1

4

2

Swinnen et al. (2012)35

29

29

22

1

13

6

Vincent et al. (2014)37

32

32

32

0

0

Skarzynski et al. (2019)38

24

13

6

4

9

Ma et al. (2020)39

22

22

12

7

3

10

  1. Fixed and thick stapes footplates, crura fractures, thin and atrophic stapes, and vascular mucosa were among the most complications reported during stapes surgery in the OI population.