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M Velepic1, M Bonifacic, D Manestar
1Clinic of Otorhinolaryngology, Rijeka University Medical School, Rijeka, Croatia.
Objective:
To determine whether a patient with a serious defect of the tympanic membrane (TM) will be able to dive after surgery.
Patients And Methods:
The authors describe three patients who were divers with serious defects of the TM (more than 75% of TM). In all three cases, cartilage palisade tympanoplasty was used to reconstruct the TM.
Results:
Six months after surgery, the patients passed clinical examinations, audiograms (hearing restored to normal), tympanometry (increased stiffness of the TM), and pressure tolerance tests in hyperbaric chamber (30-m immersion was simulated for 4 minutes), and they began to dive again. Approximately 2 years after the surgery, all three patients are able to dive without any difficulties.
Conclusion:
The authors conclude that patients can dive after cartilage palisade tympanoplasty.
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