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[Auricular cartilage palisade technique for repairing tympanic membrane perforation]
1Department of Otorhinolaryngology, People's Hospital of Beijing Medical University, Beijing 100044, China. yulish@midwest.com.cn
Objective:
To study the auricular cartilage palisade technique for repairing tympanic membrane perforation.
Method:
Sixty-six cases of large tympanic membrane perforation were treated with auricular cartilage. The results were compared with that of temporal fascia repairing in 60 ears.
Results:
The closure rates of tympanic membrane perforation were 92.4% in cartilage group and 80% in temporal fascia group, respectively. There was no significant difference between two groups in hearing improvement. The cartilage is quite suitable for repairing large perforation of the tympanic membrane and for treating adhesive otitis media.
Conclusion:
The auricular cartilage palisade technique is an ideal method for repairing tympanic membrane perforation.