Healing Process of Tympanic Membrane Perforation and Growth Factors

Evaluation of Spontaneous Healing of Traumatic Tympanic Membrane Perforation

Traumatic tympanic membrane (TM) perforation has long been a challenge to the otologist, the objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of spontaneous healing of traumatic TM perforation and the factors influenced this healing process. This was a hospital based prospective study performed in the Department of ear, nose and throat (ENT), Al-Fallujah Teaching Hospital, Al-Anbar, Iraq,...

Treatment for Acute Tympanic Membrane Perforation

which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Correspondence We would like to address the manuscript titled " Clinical Outcomes of Silk Patch in Acute Tympanic Membrane Perforation " by Lee et al. [1]. The work is very interesting and we agree with the authors that patching may reduce the closure time o...

Tympanic membrane perforation caused by traumatic asphyxia.

1 Post-doctoral degree in Thoracic Surgery (Coordinator of Education and Research at the Getúlio Vargas University Hospital). 2 MSc in ENT (Head of the ENT Service at the Getúlio Vargas University Hospital). 3 MSc in ENT (Assistant Physician at the Getúlio Vargas University Hospital). 4 PhD in Heart Surgery (Head of the Thoracic Surgery Service at the Getúlio Vargas University Hospital). 5 ENT ...

Spontaneous healing of the tympanic membrane after traumatic perforation in rats.

UNLABELLED The most common etiologies of tympanic membrane perforation are infections and trauma. OBJECTIVE The objective of the present study was to assess the healing of traumatic tympanic membrane perforation in rats. METHODS The tympanic membrane from male Wistar rats was perforated in the anterior and posterior portions to the handle of the malleus. Five tympanic membranes were evaluat...

Using Growth Factors to Treat Chronic Tympanic Membrane Perforation in a Mouse Model Kendall Weierich May 5, 2016 USING GROWTH FACTORS TO TREAT CHRONIC TYMPANIC MEMBRANE PERFORATION IN A MOUSE MODEL