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[Application of two auricular cartilage-perichondrium complexes in tympanoplasty]
Wen-qing Sun1, Yun-chun Liu, Yun-xia Wang
1Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Henan Science and Technology University, Luoyang, China. sunwenqing69@yahoo.com.cn
Objective:
To compare the effects of cartilage-perichondrium palisade complex and cartilage-perichondrium horseshoe complex in tympanoplasty for large tympanic membrane perforation.
Methods:
Nineteen patients (19 ears) undergoing tympanoplasty with cartilage-perichondrium palisade complex and 20 patients (20 ears) with cartilage-perichondrium horseshoe complex were compared for postoperative hearing and closure rate of tympanic membrane perforation.
Results:
The closure rates of the tympanic membrane were all 100% in both groups 3 months after the operation, while tympanoplasty with cartilage- perichondrium horseshoe complex resulted in significantly greater improvement of the postoperative air-bone gap in speech frequency.
Conclusion:
Both of the two auricular cartilage-perichondrium complexes produced good effects for repair large tympanic membrane perforation, but cartilage-perichondrium horseshoe complex can achieve better results in speech frequency.
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