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. 2001 Jul;22(4):430-2.
doi: 10.1097/00129492-200107000-00002.

Cartilage palisade tympanoplasty and diving

M Velepic  1 , M Bonifacic, D Manestar, M Velepic, D Bonifacic
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Cartilage palisade tympanoplasty and diving

M Velepic et al. Otol Neurotol. 2001 Jul.

Abstract

Objective: To determine whether a patient with a serious defect of the tympanic membrane (TM) will be able to dive after surgery.

Patients and methods: The authors describe three patients who were divers with serious defects of the TM (more than 75% of TM). In all three cases, cartilage palisade tympanoplasty was used to reconstruct the TM.

Results: Six months after surgery, the patients passed clinical examinations, audiograms (hearing restored to normal), tympanometry (increased stiffness of the TM), and pressure tolerance tests in hyperbaric chamber (30-m immersion was simulated for 4 minutes), and they began to dive again. Approximately 2 years after the surgery, all three patients are able to dive without any difficulties.

Conclusion: The authors conclude that patients can dive after cartilage palisade tympanoplasty.

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