[Reconstructive and functional surgery of the middle ear (review of 276 cases)]

The present work presents the review of 276 cases that underwent the following surgeries: 62 myringoplasties, 176 tympano-ossicular reconstructions, 9 functional second look surgery and 29 tympanoplasties with ossiculoplasties. Regarding two different parameters, results were as follows: 1) New eardrum after one-year evolution: 94% were complete, 3.8% were perforated and 2.3% had cholesteatoma pearls. 2) Hearing level after one-year evolution: 33% was the same, 29% gained less than 15 dB, 26.8% gained between 15 and 30 dB, and 11.2% gained over 30 dB.