[A suggestion concerning the technic of using fibrin glue in tympanoplasty]

A technique of operation in tympanoplasty is described which has been successfully applied so far in 14 cases by using fibrin glue. In this technique the patient's head is positioned completely laterally. A few drops of fibrin glue which are coated at the posterior superior operatively provided defect eardrum wall are distributed immediately because of the natural slope over the entire field of operation towards the anterior, inferiorly positioned ear-drum wall. The fibrin glue is equally effective over the entire area between the ear-drum margin and the fascia transplant. Adhesions in the middle ear are avoided.