OBJECTIVE To identify factors that significantly influence myringoplasty success. METHODS A retrospective study was performed of all adults and children who underwent myringoplasty from January 2005 to January 2010 in a teaching hospital. Outcome measures were tympanic membrane perforation closure and air-bone gap closure to within 20 dB HL. The factors assessed were the surgeon grade, pre-op...

Asbtract: Myringoplasty is the operation specifically designed to close tympanic membrane defects the main aim of surgery of chronic ear disease is to eliminate disease process and reconstruct middle ear to give the patient a dry safe and functioning ear. In this study a clinical study of myringoplasty underlay technique in the management of central perforations done. Main emphasis is laid on e...

This is a cross-sectional study design aimed to determine the prevalence of Chorda Tympani Nerve (CTN) injury and related symptoms following myringoplasty. Thirty patients were included in this study. The methods used were measuring taste thresholds using electrogustometer to map taste threshold on the anterior two-third of the tongue on the operated side with the non operated side as the contr...

The over-under myringoplasty is a technique which combines the advantages of both the over and underlay variants and at the same time avoids their complications. By placing the graft deep to the drum remnants, complications of the overlay myringoplasty such as blunting, lateralization and pearl formation are avoided and by passing superficial to the handle of the malleus the main disadvantage o...

Abstract Background Myringoplasty operation is the reconstruction of tympanic membrane (TM) which performed to prevent recurrent discharge ear and improve hearing impairment caused by TM perforation. Platelets are key factors in tissue repair mechanisms. They provide essential growth factors, stimulate fibroblasts create extracellular matrix deposition neovascularization. The aim this study ass...

A tympanic membrane perforation is more than simply a hole in the eardrum — it causes or augments hearing loss, significantly reducing patient's quality of life. The impact problems resulting from communication disorders should not be underestimated. In this paper, we introduce office-based growth factor enabled repair. Advances tissue engineering have delivered major breakthrough treatments av...