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Over-under myringoplasty

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Zafar Ahmed Department of ENT, Foundation University Medical College, Rawalpindi. Pakistan.
Muhammad Azeem Aslam Department of ENT, Foundation University Medical College, Rawalpindi. Pakistan.
Muhammad Javaid Aslam Department of ENT, N.E.S.C.O.M. Hospital, Islamabad. Pakistan.
Atif Sharif Department of ENT, Foundation University Medical College, Rawalpindi. Pakistan.
Malik Iftikhar Ahmed Department of ENT, Foundation University Medical College, Rawalpindi. Pakistan.
Abstract
Objective: To determine the success rate of over-under technique of myringoplasty regarding rate of graft take, complications and hearing improvement. Design: Quasi-experimental study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Fauji Foundation Hospital, Rawalpindi from March 2003 to January 2005. Patients and Methods: A total of 68 patients having dry central tympanic membrane perforations of various sizes secondary to chronic tubotympanic suppurative otitis media were included in the study. Over-under technique of myringoplasty was used to repair the tympanic membrane perforation. Outcome measures were graft success i.e., full or partial take, no perforation, atelactasis or lateralization within 6 months of operation and improvement in hearing. Results: Sixtysix patients (97%) out of 68 had full graft take at six months of follow-up. Only one (1.5%) met with graft failure and another one (1.5%) had partial graft take. Delayed perforation was noted in two patients (3%), both of these were 10 months after surgery. Atelactasis was seen in only one patient (1.5%) eight months after operation. Lateralization did not occur in any patient. Hearing improvement was noticed in 67 (98.5%) patients. Average air bone gap decreased by 12.65 dB. Conclusion: Over-under myringoplasty is an effective technique of repairing the tympanic membrane perforation due to high rate of graft take, few complications and marked hearing improvement.
Publication Details
Page(s) 768-770
DOI DOI not available
Published Journal: Journal of College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP, Volume: 15, Issue: 12, Year: 2005

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Keywords
Myringoplasty. Tympanoplasty. Tympanic membrane.
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