OBJECTIVE To describe the technique used for total ossiculoplasty with the Fisch titanium total prosthesis and evaluate the 1-year postoperative functional results in patients presenting with the stapes (or footplate) without the malleus handle. STUDY DESIGN Prospective trial with preoperative and postoperative comparison. SETTING Academic and private practice tertiary care center for otolo...

Abstract Background Various grafting materials and different techniques have been used for myringoplasty. The aim of the study was to compare result tympanoplasty in patients with safe-type chronic suppurative otitis media using periosteum versus tragal cartilage perichondrium grafts through pre- postoperative clinical audiological evaluation. Results There statistically significant difference ...

BACKGROUND The goal of the study is to test medialization of the neocord after oncological surgery for glottic cancer, using autologous tragal cartilage and perichondrium by the direct approach. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sixteen patients underwent comprehensive assessment including auditory perceptual assessment, videostrobolaryngoscopy, and acoustic voice analysis. The cartilage graft was insert...

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...