Background: Middle ear aeration level is an important precursor of chronic otitis media (COM) and one predictive factor for tympanoplasty success. Tympanometry measures the volume external canal, middle cavity, aditus, mastoid air cells in patients with tympanic membrane (TM) perforation. The aim study was to determine whether pre-operative tympanometric interaural differences unilateral simple...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prognostic factors that affect surgical and audiologic outcomes in inlay tympanoplasty after long-term follow-up. DESIGN Case series study. SETTING Tertiary referral center. PATIENTS Sixty-two patients who underwent 71 procedures were enrolled in the study. Patient ages ranged from 31 to 87 years (mean [SD] age, 61.2 [12.9] years). Mean (SD) follow-up was 635.7 ...

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...