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. 2022 Aug;74(Suppl 1):288-292.
doi: 10.1007/s12070-020-02072-9. Epub 2020 Aug 24.

Cartilage Tympanoplasty: A Review on Its Postoperative Outcomes on Hearing

Lourdes Albina  1
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Cartilage Tympanoplasty: A Review on Its Postoperative Outcomes on Hearing

Lourdes Albina. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2022 Aug.

Abstract

Cartilage graft tympanoplasty has a better success rate in the treatment of chronic otitis media if properly prepared pre-operatively and placed intraoperative. To prepare cartilage graft from tragus and to compare pre-operative and postoperative hearing. 35 patients with chronic otitis media of tubotympanic type, without intra/extra cranial complications disease were made to undergo cartilage tympanoplasty. The study was conducted prospectively. In this technique, patients had an average improvement in hearing up to 10-12 dB. The mean post-operative period follow up was 2-6 months. If cartilage graft is properly prepared and placed, cartilage tympanoplasty appears to provide better success rates and hearing results.

Keywords: Cartilage tympanoplasty; Tragus; Tubo-tympanic.

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Cartilage graft harvesting technique
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Harvested cartilage graft
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Pre op hearing
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Post op hearing
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