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Pediatric Cartilage Interleave Tympanoplasty
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Pediatric Cartilage Interleave Tympanoplasty

Michael Gaslin, Robert C. O'Reilly, Thierry Morlet and Michael McCormick
Otolaryngology-head and neck surgery, v 137(2), pp 284-288
Aug 2007
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.otohns.2007.02.040
PMID: 17666257
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Abstract

OBJECTIVETo describe a novel technique of cartilage tympanoplasty, and review surgical and hearing results in children. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTINGRetrospective chart review of all patients who had undergone tympanoplasty at a pediatric tertiary care hospital from August 2002 to July 2005. Forty‐two patients were identified with a minimum follow‐up time of 12 months. RESULTSMean preoperative perforation size was 21.3 percent (range 10%‐90%), and mean patient age was 7.9 years (range 3‐16 years). Median clinical follow‐up was 24 months. Tympanic membrane closure and graft integration were achieved in 40 of 42 patients (95.2%), and 35 of 42 (85.7%) patients maintained an intact, stable tympanic membrane on long‐term follow‐up. A total of 93.8 percent of patients achieved a postoperative air‐bone gap of less than or equal to 20 dB, and mean improvement in the air‐bone gap was 10.7 dB. CONCLUSION AND SIGNIFICANCECartilage interleave tympanoplasty is a versatile, stable, and effective technique for tympanic membrane repair in children.

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