In our otological practice, we prefer sliced tragal cartilageperichondrium grafting for reconstruction of the tympanic membrane perforations. In an attempt to reduce residual and recurrent perforations in our series of cartilage tympanoplasty using sliced tragal cartilage perichondrium composite graft, we reinforce tragal cartilage with temporalis fascia in large perforations. Aim: The purpose ...

INTRODUCTION Various graft materials have been used to close tympanic membrane perforations. In the literature, there are few studies in pediatric populations comparing different graft materials. To our knowledge, there is no reported study that measured the thickness of the tragal cartilage in pediatric tympanoplasties. The tragal cartilage is not of uniform thickness in every patient. OBJEC...

UNLABELLED Cartilage has shown to be a promising graft material to close tympanic membrane perforations. However, due to its rigid quality, doubts are raised regarding its sound conduction properties. It has been suggested that acoustic benefit may be obtained by thinning the cartilage. We describe our innovative method for harvesting tragal cartilage from the same endaural incision and also de...

Materials and method: One hundred and twenty patients who had undergone type 1 tympanoplasty using temporal fascia and tragal cartilage were retrospectively reviewed. Eighty seven patients underwent tympanoplasty using temporal fascia graft while in 33 patients, tragal cartilage with perichondrium was employed. Graft take up was analyzed at 6 weeks post-operatively, in both the groups. Pre-oper...

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...

BACKGROUND Cartilage-perichondrial grafts are often used for tympanic membrane and middle-ear reconstructions. Tragal and conchal cartilages are most frequently used for this purpose. Studies have shown that slicing the cartilage to less than 0.5 mm thickness improves acoustic benefit. However, the thickness of the cartilage in a given population may not be uniform. OBJECTIVE This descriptive...

Aim: The purpose of this study is to evaluate anatomical and audiological results using technique of sliced island of tragal cartilage perichondrial composite graft in type I tympanoplasty. Study Design: Prospective study. Methods and Materials: A total of 56 type I tympanoplasties (51 primary and 5 revision ears) were operated using sliced island tragal cartilage graft from December 2011 to Au...

A surgical technique for reconstruction of a well-ventilated middle ear space using tragal cartilage has been developed. Our technique was designed so as to secure an atticoantrum cavity and a complement of posterior tympanic annulus with a cartilage. This technique can be utilized in a radical mastoidectomy cavity at an original surgery and at a revision.

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> A tympanoplasty is a surgical procedure to close tympanic membrane perforation and reconstruct the hearing, commonly after chronic otitis media trauma.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> 50 patients were divided into 2 groups underwent type-1 using temporalis fascia versus sliced tragal cart...

Objectives To evaluate the success of pediatric endoscopic and endoscopically assisted transcanal cartilage inlay tympanoplasty. Methods Retrospective review of single surgeon experience. Results During a 3 year period, 30 children underwent 31 endoscopic or endoscopically assisted transcanal tympanoplasties by the senior surgeon using tragal cartilage/perichondrial inlay grafts. There were...