INTRODUCTION To study the long-term complications of tympanostomy tube insertion in young children 10 years after surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS In September 2011, the medical records of all patients who had undergone myringotomy with tympanostomy tube insertion between February 2000 and March 2001 at the two general hospitals of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences were studied. Of the 98 ...

ere, we review the article entitled ‘‘Impact of cartilage raft size on success of tympanoplasty’’ by Abdelhameed t al.1 The authors evaluated the effects of different peroration sizes on the outcomes of Type 1 tympanoplasty in his study. The work described is interesting. However, the nclusion criteria and the results are not very clear. The uthors do not state whether patients with myringoscle...

Background: Exploratorytympanotomy is done to identify the cause ofconductivehearingloss in a patient withintacttympanic membrane. Objective: Toenlist and analyze the middle ear pathologies in patients with conductive hearing loss with intact tympanic membrane. Methods: 50 patients in age group between 20 years and 50 years, with hard of hearing, consulting department of ENT at a tertiary care ...

BACKGROUND/AIM Otitis media with effusion (OME) is characterized by the prolonged presence of fluid (longer than 12 weeks) of different viscosity in the middle ear, without perforation of the eardrum or signs of acute inflammation. The conservative treatment does not always provide satisfactory recovery, so surgical treatment may be unavoidable. The aim of the study was to determine the inciden...

UNLABELLED New developments on biomaterials are important in surgery. The behavior of a new membrane produced from sugarcane will be evaluated in the middle ear of rats. AIM This study analyzed the results from the interaction of the sugarcane-base biopolymer membrane in the middle ear of a rat. MATERIALS AND METHODS We ran an experimental, prospective, paired study with 24 Wistar rats. The...

Introduction: To study the long-term complications of tympanostomy tube insertion in young children 10 years after surgery.   Materials and Methods: In September 2011, the medical records of all patients who had undergone myringotomy with tympanostomy tube insertion between February 2000 and March 2001 at the two general hospitals of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences were studied. Of t...

OBJECTIVE To determine incidence and prevalence of middle ear sequelae and abnormal tympanometry results among children with chronic otitis media with effusion (OME) who received standard treatment with tympanostomy tubes. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Community clinic and academic medical center. Patients A total of 140 children followed up for 8 years after tube treatment. MA...