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...

e would like to thank Dr. Zheng-cai Lou for valuable and recise comments on our article.1 Firstly, the main outomes of type 1 pediatric tympanoplasty are the graft uccess rates and postoperative hearing outcomes. Our esults indicate that the graft success rate was 92.1% f the cartilage group compared with 65.0% of the temoral fascia group, respectively. In the fascia group, reoperative ABG was ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the efficacy of partial ossicular chain reconstruction using autologous cartilage. DESIGN Prospective study (April 1, 1997, through January 1, 2008). SETTING Tertiary academic children's hospital. PATIENTS Two hundred forty-eight children (268 ears) underwent partial ossicular chain reconstruction using a shaped block of tragal cartilage interposed between the head of ...

BACKGROUND To assess, analyze and compare the results of graft uptake using Tragal Cartilage-Perichondrium Composite (TCPC) graft with Temporalis Fascia (TF) graft in patients who undergoing surgery for chronic otitis media - squamous type. METHODS Patients aged 13 years and above with diagnosis of chronic otitis media - squamous type undergoing modified radical mastoidectomy, either primary ...

PURPOSE To introduce autologous tragal perichondrium transplantation as a novel surgical modality for the management of intractable symptomatic bullous keratopathy. METHODS In three eyes of three patients with painful bullous keratopathy, autologous tragal perichondria were transplanted on the corneal surface with the human amniotic membrane transplanted above. We included an additional three...

Background: The use of Endoscope is increasing for otologic surgery because it providing anewperspective on the intricate anatomy middle ear.Study Design: Cross sectional study.Objective Evaluation outcomes endoscopic aidedtranscanal underlay tragal cartilegeMyringoplasty.Patients and Method: This were aprospective clinical study included Fifteen patients who operatedon chronic otitis media (CO...

Abstract Background This study was designed to evaluate the effect of mastoid cavity obliteration with bone chips and reconstruction canal wall tragal cartilage after down tympanomastoidectomy ossiculoplasty in same session. Sixty-three patients cholesteatoma underwent technique mentioned above; were followed for 1 year postoperative. Results No problems, median preoperative air gap 32.86 ± 6.2...