HEARING IMPROVEMENT POST TYPE I TYMPANOPLASTY- RETROSPECTIVE STUDY

Frequency-specific hearing outcomes in pediatric type I tympanoplasty.

IMPORTANCE Middle ear disease is the primary cause of hearing loss in children and has a significant impact on language development and academic performance. Multiple prognostic factors have previously been examined, but there is little published data regarding frequency-specific hearing outcomes. OBJECTIVE To examine the relationship between type I tympanoplasty in a pediatric population and...

Retrospective analysis of tympanoplasty

Tympanoplasty after war blast lesions of the eardrum: retrospective study.

AIM To establish whether hearing loss after eardrum blast injury could be recovered by tympanoplasty performed immediately after injury and what material is the most suitable for eardrum closure. METHODS Tympanoplasty was performed in 119 (a total of 181 injuries) out of 651 patients examined for blast injury of the ear between 1991 and 2000. The study included a total of 106 patients who und...

Comparison of pre and post-operative hearing results in canal wall down mastoidectomy with type III tympanoplasty.

This study was done to compare the pre and post-operative hearing results in patients undergoing canal wall down mastoidectomy with classical type III tympanoplasty using temporalis fascia alone. Patients of >or=5 years age with the diagnosis of Chronic otitis media (squamous) with conductive or mixed hearing loss, needing canal wall down mastoidectomy and with intact and mobile stapes suprastr...

Type I Tympanoplasty in Adolescence: Prognostic Factors and Surgical Outcomes

Background and objectives: Type I tympanoplasty is a common otologic surgery which aims to repair the eardrum integrity. Different views have been reported concerning this procedure in young ages and the best moment to perform surgery remains controversial. Surgery in early adolescence appears to achieve the same outcomes than adulthood and without disadvantages of childhood. Characteristics of...