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Fatigue analysis of tympanic membrane after ossiculoplasty
Lei Zhou1, Miaolin Feng2, Xinsheng Huang1
1a Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery , Shanghai Zhongshan Hospital affiliated to Fudan University , Shanghai , PR China.
Conclusion:
A tentative conclusion was made that the finite element method can be used to investigate the fatigue life of the tympanic membrane after ossiculoplasty; the main reason of the extrusion of the tympanic membrane may not be blamed to the fatigue mechanism under normal sound pressure.
Objective:
This study was to investigate the extrusion of the prosthesis from the tympanic membrane at post-ossiculoplasty by finite element method.
Methods:
A finite element model of the human middle ear has been constructed and used as the model of the constructed middle ear at post-ossiculoplasty. Then the fatigue life of the tympanic membrane was calculated under different sound pressure level using this model.
Results:
The tympanic membrane would not be extruded under normal sound pressure level. The sound pressure level which caused the tympanic membrane to crack in less than 3 years was higher than 145.17 dB (362.5 Pa).
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