Day 4 after reconstruction surgery.

[Guest guest]

I had my first ctoma surgery in 1981 when I was 7 years old. It was a large one

filling up my middle ear. Since this I have never had more than about 60 db

hearing in this ear. I have never been able to use hearing aid and have always

been told that It was not possible to do a reconstruction surgery. I have had to

more surgeries after the first. Not until last summer when I came to a larger

hospital I was given the possibility of reconstruction surgery. So no this

monday I had a long surgery. They put in a titan-inplant, made new eardrum and

did a skin transplant to make a more functional middle ear and earcanal. They

also took fat from my tummy to cover up my bones behind my ear because they

where very exposed and causing me pain in cold and windy weather.

Now to the questions. Will the titan-inplants always work? How long will it take

before I have reached my full potentional hearing?

For how long have it been common to do reconstruction surgery with

titan-inplants?