[Minor congenital ear malformations: surgical management and results].

The study present the results of surgical treatment of minor congenital anomalies of the middle ear in children. The ossiculoplastic procedures and the different types of stapedectomy carried out in the Department of Otolaryngology of Institute of the "Polish Mother's Hospital" in Łódź on 18 patients (11 girls and 7 boys) aged 5-16 years, with minor congenital anomalies of the middle ear. One month after the surgical procedure a lasting hearing improvement averaging 21.69 +/- 10.00 dB and 6 month after operation hearing improvement 21.91 +/- 9.75 dB was gained. The results of surgical procedures in minor congenital anomalies of the middle ear are not so good as in otosclerosis.