OBJECTIVE To compare the graft success rates and audiological outcomes of bilaterally performed type 1 tympanoplasty using cartilage palisades or temporal fascia in children. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively analyzed the medical records of patients who underwent type 1 tympanoplasty at Medical Park Hospital between May 2007 and February 2013. 27 patients (54 ears) were enrolled in the...

Surgical intervention by resection of the ankylotic mass through gap arthroplasty alone resulted in reankylosis. Attempts have been made to prevent such reankylosis with interpositional arthroplasty. Numerous materials have been interposed between the resected bone surface and articular fossa at the base of the skull. Alloplastic materials such as silicone, silastic, proplast, Teflon, rubber pr...

Chronic otitis media (COM) is a vital cause of deafness worldwide. Myringoplasty one the best treatment options for COM (inactive mucosal variety). Temporalis Fascia most favored grafting material among various autografts, which can be used as dry or wet depending upon Surgeon's choice. The main focus this study to compare graft uptake rate by using and temporalis fascia underlay technique. Thi...

OBJECTIVE To present our method for anterior skull base reconstruction after oncological resections. METHODS One hundred nine patients who had undergone 120 anterior skull base resections of tumors (52 malignant [43%], 68 benign [57%]) via the subcranial approach were studied. Limited dural defects were closed primarily or reconstructed using a temporalis fascia. Large anterior skull base def...

Introduction: Tympanoplasty is the procedure of choice for surgical correction tympanic membrane perforation triggered by either chronic otitis media or trauma. Various types autologous grafts have been used to close perforations among which temporalis fascia and tragal cartilage are preferred, due their anatomic proximity, ease harvesting suppleness.
 Aims: To compare clinical audiologica...

Background: Tympanoplasty is a widely performed surgery for the repair of tympanic membrane perforation. Aim study: to compare auditory and anatomical outcomes between two different techniques in tympanoplasty: first with temporalis facia graft + new “cubism” other alone. Patients methods: A prospective, randomized study was conducted Otorhinolaryngology Head Neck Surgery Department, Al-Azhar U...

BACKGROUND Satisfactory surgical correction of temporomandibular joint ankylosis (TMA) is limited by a high recurrence rate, particularly in patients who underwent surgery without use of interpositional material. The present study describes our experience of Interpositional Gap Arthroplasty in patients presenting with primary or recurrent TMA. METHODS The study was conducted on 12 patients pr...