We have successfully used the strong, fibrous fascia of the temporalis muscle to create a buckle in retinal detachment opera­ tions and to reinforce the cornea prior to in­ sertion of a keratoprosthesis, thereby, in­ creasing its ability to retain the implant. Temporalis fascia is also useful in those cases in which it is necessary to reinforce or to replace the sciera, for example, in scleroma...

Objective: To compare temporalis muscle fascia and full thickness tragal cartilage in type 1 tympanoplasty. Study design: Retrospective clinical chart review. Subjects and methods: In total, 247 patients (157 male, 90 female; average age of 33.67±13.07 years, range 18 to 65 years) who had been underwent type 1 tympanoplasty in our clinic were included in this study. Demographics, anatomical and...

OBJECTIVE A systematic review to compare the effectiveness of the use of cartilage (with or without perichondrium) with temporalis fascia used in tympanoplasty. DATA SOURCE The following databases were searched for relevant studies: MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, the Cochrane Library including the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Google scholar, and the PubMed. There was no restricti...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the repair of cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea through the transnasal approach, we investigated histopathologic findings of grafting with human temporalis fascia and dura mater in a rabbit model. DESIGN AND METHODS Thirty-two rabbits were assigned to three groups according to the graft material to be used: human dura mater, human temporalis fascia, and autologous muscle f...

The current study compares outcomes of modified cartilage shield tympanoplasty (CST) with temporalis fascia tympanoplasty in type I procedures in Indian patients. Graft uptake rates are better with the CST technique and hearing results are almost equivalent with both techniques except at 8000 Hz where improvement in hearing was found better with the use of temporalis fascia alone. The CST techn...

Abstract Introduction Tympanoplasty is the main treatment of mucosal type chronic suppurative otitis media. Objective The aim present study was to compare clinical outcomes in terms healing and audiological two groups. authors used single layer graft (perichondrium with cartilage island) one group double grafts island composite plus temporalis fascia) were second group. Methods Forty patients c...

Background/aim: The purpose of this study was to compare cartilage reinforcement graft results with temporalis fascia graft alone in terms of hearing and anatomical outcomes in tympanoplasty. Materials and methods: Patients who underwent tympanoplasty with/without ossiculoplasty and/or mastoidectomy at a university hospital from 2006 through 2013 were reviewed retrospectively. The patients were...

BACKGROUND Temporalis fascia has been recommended for hydroxyapatite sphere exposure. The aim of this study was to identify potential risk factors for exposure of porous polyethylene (Medpor) sphere implants and evaluate the use of autogenous temporalis fascia as a patch graft for exposure. METHODS A retrospective review of consecutive cases of porous polyethylene sphere orbital implant expos...

Introduction: The use of cartilage as a grafting material has been advocated in cases where there is a high risk of graft failure, such as subtotal perforations, adhesive processes, and residual defects after primary tympanoplasties. The purpose of this study was to compare the graft acceptance rates and auditory outcomes of cartilage tympanoplasty operations using a palisade technique with tho...

Diced rib cartilage is an acceptable option in severe nasal deformities. We present our preliminary experience in KAMC in nasal septoplasties using the autologous diced costal cartilage. This is a retrospective study of the 22 cases who needed the autologous diced costal cartilage in our centre in 4 years. All our patients needed autologous diced rib cartilages. Twelve were wrapped with tempora...