Cartilage tympanoplasty: postoperative functional results

We evaluated auditory performance following cartilage tympanoplasty for the management of tympanic membrane retraction pockets. We performed a 230-patient retrospective study over a 10-year period (1990–2000) and compared pre-operative and postoperative audiograms. Postoperative audiograms were bett...

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Published in:European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology 2008-10, Vol.265 (10), p.1195-1198
Main Authors: Page, Cyril, Charlet, Laurent, Strunski, Vladimir
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Audiometry, Pure-Tone - methods
Biological and medical sciences
Bone
Cartilage - transplantation
Child
Child, Preschool
Cholesteatoma, Middle Ear - physiopathology
Cholesteatoma, Middle Ear - surgery
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Head and Neck Surgery
Head and neck surgery. Maxillofacial surgery. Dental surgery. Orthodontics
Hearing - physiology
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
Neurosurgery
Otology
Otorhinolaryngology
Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology
Retrospective Studies
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Surgery of the ear, the auditive nerve and the facial nerve
Treatment Outcome
Tympanic Membrane - surgery
Tympanoplasty - methods
Young Adult
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Summary:We evaluated auditory performance following cartilage tympanoplasty for the management of tympanic membrane retraction pockets. We performed a 230-patient retrospective study over a 10-year period (1990–2000) and compared pre-operative and postoperative audiograms. Postoperative audiograms were better in 49% of cases, identical in 16% and worse in 11%. Cartilage tympanoplasty for the management of tympanic membrane retraction pockets has a good postoperative functional outcome. Cartilage graft is useful for reconstruction of the eardrum and tympanic bone defects.
ISSN:0937-4477
1434-4726
DOI:10.1007/s00405-008-0619-7