Anatomic and Functional Results of Cartilage Type 1 Tympanoplasty in Children and the Evaluation of the Success of Surgery with Parental Perceptions

Methods: Only pediatric patients who had undergone cartilage Type 1 tympanoplasty were included in this study. Patients older than 16 years and patients who had otorrhoea during the previous month, chronic otitis media with cholesteatoma and patients who had undergone mastoidectomy or ossiculopasty were excluded. The ‘anatomical’ success was accepted as an intact graft in the last control in the at least 6th month postoperatively. A satisfaction questionnaire with four questions about the perceptual results of surgical intervention was applied to the patients’ parents on the telephone.