Correspondence/Findings A common clinical definition of a chronic tympanic membrane perforation (TMP) is a perforation, which is still open after 3 months. Why the healing of a chronic TMP is arrested is still an enigma. Attempts to generate an animal model for studying the healing pattern of a chronic TMP have until recently been disappointing. However, several studies by the Umeå group, Ny T,...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To determine whether the presence of aural discharge at the time of surgery adversely affects the success rate of myringoplasty operations. STUDY DESIGN Case series comparing the success rate of surgery in active and inactive ears. METHODS Data pertaining to 268 operations involving repair of the tympanic membrane without ossiculoplasty carried out in Edinburgh, United...

BACKGROUND We aimed to evaluate the etiologies, otolaryngological features, radiological findings, management strategies, and outcomes of temporal bone fractures. METHODS Seventy-seven temporal bone fracture cases were retrospectively evaluated for age and gender distribution, side of the fracture, etiology of injuries, the presence of blood otorrhea, tympanic membrane perforation, cerebrospi...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of PRP-enriched gelfoam on the healing of chronic TM perforation in comparison with gelfoam alone. METHODS In this double-blind randomized clinical trial Patients with chronic tympanic membrane were randomly allocated to two groups; intervention group underwent tympanoplasty with platelet rich plasma (PRP)- enriched gel foams and control group underwent operat...

OBJECTIVE To review the alternative techniques in cochlear implantation and to compare the complications with different techniques. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients who had undergone cochlear implantation were reviewed. Those patients who were operated using alternative techniques were selected and evaluated for the cause of their hearing loss and for the type of alternative technique that was ...

BACKGROUND This study describes the epidemiologic, microbiologic, and otologic features and selected signs and symptoms of acute otitis media (AOM) caused by Moraxella catarrhalis and compares them with AOM caused by other bacterial pathogens. METHODS Patients aged <5 years with culture-positive AOM from whom a middle ear fluid specimen was obtained and cultured during 1999-2006 were enrolled...

Introduction There remains controversy about the optimal kind of graft to repair tympanic membrane. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the anatomical and auditory outcomes of type I tympanoplasty using fascia with or without cartilage reinforcement. Materials and Methods This retrospective cohort study was conducted from 2005 to 2015. All cases were surgically treated by a single surge...

OBJECTIVE To determine which independent variables influence the efficacy of type I tympanoplasty in adult and pediatric populations. DATA SOURCES A search of the PubMed database and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews using the key words "tympanoplasty OR myringoplasty" from January 1966 to July 2014 was performed. STUDY SELECTION Studies reporting outcomes of myringoplasty or Type I t...

Background: We conducted a retrospective study to evaluate the incidence of tympanosclerosis (TS), degree of resulting deafness, the required surgical stratergies and their outcome in patients with tympanic membrane perforation. Material and methods: A retrospective study was done in 500 patients (14 – 45 yrs) with ear discharge attending the out patient department (OPD) in the last 3 years. Da...

Introduction. The presence of a serous cyst in the tympanic membrane implies the description of a new or unpublished entity based on our knowledge whose origin may be very unlikely explained on actual embryologic and anatomic background. Clinical Case. We present a case of a 45-year-old woman with progressing right hearing loss. Physical examination revealed a whitish, round-shaped malformation...