Tympanoplasty Using an Osteoplastic Flap

Mastoidectomy using an osteoplastic flap.

DURING the past 20 years there have been numerous changes in our approach to mastoid surgery. New procedures have been evolved, and old ones discarded or sometimes revived. In our present state of knowledge, three principles govern our approach to surgery of chronic ear and mastoid suppuration. Firstly, all disease and especially all cholesteatoma, must be eradicated at operation. As a corollar...

Frontal Sinus Mucocele After Osteoplastic Flap Surgery: Case Report

A mucocele of paranasal sinuses is a collection of mucus within an epithelial lined sinus whose outflow tract is permanently obstructed. The most common site for a mucocele is the frontal sinus; it is less common in the other sinuses. Frontal mucoceles present in different ways depending upon their size and duration, with symptoms often gradual and insidious. Symptoms are mainly ophthalmic and ...

Training the osteoplastic flap technique in dogs Summary

Use of an Osteoplastic Flap for the Prevention of Mastoidectomy Retroauricular Defects

Introduction After mastoidectomy, patients usually complain of bone depressions in the retroauricular region in the surgical site, especially in procedures that require extensive cortical resections. This causes inconveniences such as difficulty wearing glasses, cleaning, and aesthetics complaints. Objective This study aims to describe a vascularized flap surgical technique that uses the mastoi...

Inferior Flap Tympanoplasty: A Novel Technique for Anterior Perforation Closure

OBJECTIVE To report a novel tympanoplasty modification for anterior tympanic membrane perforation closure. MATERIALS AND METHODS A prospective study on 13 patients who underwent inferior tympanoplasty between December 2008 and May 2011 was carried out. In our technique, an inferior rather than a posterior flap is raised and the graft is laid from the inferior direction to obtain better access...