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Endoscopic tympanoplasty with limited tympanomeatal flap elevation in pediatric cases: comparison of anatomic and audiological results of grafts

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Objectives

The anatomical and functional success rates of tragal cartilage perichondrium and temporal muscle fascia, in pediatric patients who underwent endoscopic type 1 tympanoplasty with limited tympanomeatal flap elevation, were compared.

Methods

In total, 35 pediatric patients (21 females, 14 males; mean age 11.0 ± 1.5 years; range 8–14 years) who underwent transcanal endoscopic type 1 tympanoplasty with limited elevation of the tympanomeatal flap were included in this study. Patients in group A received a tragal cartilage perichondrium graft and those in group B received a temporal muscle fascia graft. The groups were compared with respect to the pre- and postoperative air–bone gap (ABG) and tympanic membrane status.

Results

The mean preoperative and postoperative ABG were 27.0 ± 9.2 and 9.0 ± 8.5 dB in group A, and 26.8 ± 8.8 and 11.6 ± 9.2 dB in group B, respectively. The group differences in pre- and postoperative ABG values were not significant (p = 0.882 and p = 0.417, respectively). However, in both groups, the postoperative ABG was significantly lower than the preoperative ABG (both p = 0.0001). The graft retention rate was 100% in group A and 88.2% in group B; the difference was not statistically significant (p = 0.134). There was also no statistically significant difference between the pre- and postoperative bone conduction values of the patients at 0.5, 1, 2, 3 or 4 kHz (all p > 0.05).

Conclusions

Our study demonstrated that in pediatric patients undergoing endoscopic tympanoplasty, both the tragal cartilage perichondrium and the temporal muscle fascia can be used successfully and safely as grafts in endoscopic type 1 tympanoplasty performed by limited tympanomeatal flap elevation.

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  1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Medical Faculty, Harran University, Şanlıurfa, Turkey

    Alper Şen

  2. Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Private Lotus Hospital, Şanlıurfa, Turkey

    Kadir Özdamar

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The study was approved by the ethics committee of the same hospital (Ethical committee no: 05/11/2018-11-E.45058). The study was carried out in accordance with the Principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and Guideline for Good Clinical Practices. All procedures performed in the studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee, and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments, or comparable ethical standards.

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Şen, A., Özdamar, K. Endoscopic tympanoplasty with limited tympanomeatal flap elevation in pediatric cases: comparison of anatomic and audiological results of grafts. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 276, 2427–2432 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-019-05495-5

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