OBJECTIVES Combined mastoidectomy is generally preferred to tympanoplasty alone when treating patients with chronic otitis media (COM), particularly when temporal bone computed tomography (TBCT) shows that the mastoid cavity contains opacification of soft tissue density. However, in cases with Eustachian tube dysfunction, a mastoid cavity volume may be a burden to its function. We hypothesized ...

RESULTS Eighty-nine ears in 83 patients aged 7 to 85 years were included. Transmeatal tympanoplasty was performed in 17 ears (19%). Seven ears (8%) underwent tympanoplasty with canal wall–downmastoidectomy, and 65 ears (73%) underwent canal wall–up (combined approach) tympanoplasty with mastoidectomy. The study population comprised 61 primary tympanoplasties (69%) and 28 revision cases (31%). M...

OBJECTIVE To compare the graft success rates and audiological outcomes of bilaterally performed type 1 tympanoplasty using cartilage palisades or temporal fascia in children. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively analyzed the medical records of patients who underwent type 1 tympanoplasty at Medical Park Hospital between May 2007 and February 2013. 27 patients (54 ears) were enrolled in the...

Introduction There remains controversy about the optimal kind of graft to repair tympanic membrane. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the anatomical and auditory outcomes of type I tympanoplasty using fascia with or without cartilage reinforcement. Materials and Methods This retrospective cohort study was conducted from 2005 to 2015. All cases were surgically treated by a single surge...

BACKGROUND The principal objective of ossiculoplasty is to reconstruct the sound-conducting system in the ear to the best possible degree after the elimination of pathological lesions from the middle ear. The ossicular chain is reconstructed with the use of the patient's own properly modelled ossicles and synthetic prostheses. The objective of the study was to assess the degree of hearing impro...

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...

Abstract In this paper a fitted second-order finite difference method is presented for solving singularly perturbed two-point boundary value problems with the boundary layer at both end (left and right) points. We have introduced a fitting factor in second-order tri-diagonal finite difference scheme and it is obtained from the theory of singular perturbations. The efficient Thomas algorithm is ...

OBJECTIVES In this study, we compared possible changes in the opposite ears of the patients who underwent mastoid surgery using a drill or tympanoplasty surgery without the use of a drill through distortion product otoacoustic emissions. PATIENTS AND METHODS Between November 2011 and March 2012, a total of 41 patients (17 mastoidectomy, 24 tympanoplasty) who were scheduled for surgery with th...