Half Disc Cartilage Tympanoplasty: A Newer Technique Versus Temporalis Fascia Tympanoplasty-Retrospective Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Tympanoplasty is a surgical procedure performed for the closure of tympanic membrane perforation. The present study was conducted to compare the outcomes of a newer technique of cartilage tympanoplasty which the author has named as half disc cartilage tympanoplasty and temporalis fascia tympanoplasty in the following areas-the improvement in hearing, frequency specific improvement in hearing, graft uptake rate. Retrospective study was conducted in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology Rajagiri Hospital from February 2018 to February 2020. 40 patients with moderate central, subtotal and anterior perforation were included in the study. 20 patients (group A) underwent tympanoplasty with temporalis fascia graft and 20 patients (group B) underwent tympanoplasty with temporalis fascia and cymba

SUBMITTER: George RR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9411322 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature