Pediatric cartilage interleave tympanoplasty.
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
; 137(2): 284-8, 2007 Aug.
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| ID: mdl-17666257
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To describe a novel technique of cartilage tympanoplasty, and review surgical and hearing results in children. STUDY DESIGN ANDSETTING:
Retrospective 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.RESULTS:
Mean 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 ANDSIGNIFICANCE:
Cartilage interleave tympanoplasty is a versatile, stable, and effective technique for tympanic membrane repair in children.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Timpanoplastia
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Perfuração da Membrana Timpânica
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Cartilagem da Orelha
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Panamá