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Tympanoplasty in children--a prospective study
- Source :
- The Journal of laryngology and otology. 112(12)
- Publication Year :
- 1999
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Abstract
- Considerable controversy surrounds the subject of tympanoplasty in children. This prospective study looked at the results of type-I tympanoplasty in children. Forty-five children in the age group of five to 14 years were selected for the study. All these cases had a central perforation without any evidence of cholesteatoma. The ear to be operated had to be dry for at least six weeks before surgery. Type I tympanoplasty was performed on these patients with autograft temporalis fascia by either the underlay or overlay technique.The overall success rates in 45 operations evaluated one year post-operatively was 91.1 per cent. The age of the patient had no influence on the success rate. The two factors which adversely influenced the success rate were the presence of near total perforation and bilateral perforations.It was concluded that type-I tympanoplasty has a good chance of success in children regardless of age.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
medicine.medical_treatment
Temporalis fascia
Otitis Media, Suppurative
Tympanoplasty
medicine
Humans
Prospective Studies
Prospective cohort study
Child
business.industry
Patient Selection
Middle ear disease
Tympan
Cholesteatoma
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Predictive factor
Surgery
Treatment Outcome
Otorhinolaryngology
El Niño
Child, Preschool
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00222151
- Volume :
- 112
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Journal of laryngology and otology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....211083426298741cd43f22730f8a3bc5