Background: Tympanoplasty (TP) is a surgical procedure that aims to repair a persistently perforated eardrum via grafting. Different surgical techniques and graft materials were used for TP with variable success rates. Purpose: This study aims to determine predictors of failure of TP and compare different graft materials used. Materials and Methods: Retrospective review of all the medical recor...

Techniques and biomaterials for reconstructive middle ear surgery are continuously and steadily developing. At the same time, clinical post-surgery results are evaluated to determine success or failure of the therapy. Routine quality assessment and assurance is of growing importance in the medical field, and therefore also in middle ear surgery. The exact definition and acquisition of outcome p...

introduction: in order to achieve a higher success rate for tympanoplasty, different techniques have been developed, and a wide variety of grafting materials have been developed. one of the techniques currently receiving considerable attention involves not lifting the remaining of eardrum from the malleus and embedding the graft underneath in order to repair the eardrum correctly in its origina...