UNLABELLED The cartilage has been successfuly used in reconstructive ear surgery for more than one hundred years. Histologic study of autografts cartilage (tragal or conchal) showed good long-term preservation of cartilage cells. The aim of this paper is to assess the hearing results in tympanoplasties with the use of cartilage palisade technique. MATERIAL AND METHODS The retrospective analys...

background: hearing loss due to chronic otitis media is common. the purpose of this study was to evaluate hearing before and after canal wall up, canal wall down mastoidectomy and tympanoplasty. methods: from 2004 to 2007, all patients with chronic otitis media who were admitted at the department of otolaryngology, babol medical university were studied. for 126 patients' canal wall up, can...

Tympanic membrane (TM) is vulnerable to a variety of middle ear diseases. In some cases, reconstruction or repair the TM essential for recovering hearing. Although there are many kinds materials and therapeutics reconstruction, tissue engineering still in its initial steps advancement. Treatment damaged usually carried out by otology-related techniques such as myringoplasty tympanoplasty. Most ...