Hearing results after primary cartilage tympanoplasty with island technique
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2005
Yazarlar: Tayfun KİRAZLI, CEM BİLGEN, R MIDILLI, Mehmet Fatih ÖĞÜT
OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD AND NECK SURGERY, SCI Expanded İndekslerine Giren Dergi, Uluslararası, 2005, cilt 132, ss 933-937
DOI: 10.1016/j.tohns.2005.01.044
Özet
OBJECTIVE. Because of its rigid quality, cartilage is the grafting material of choice in advanced pathologies, such as adhesive processes or recurrent perforations. However, the use of such a rigid material in tympanic membrane reconstruction causes controversies as to the audiologic aspect. The purpose of this study was to assess overall and frequency-specific hearing results after primary cartilage tympanoplasty with island technique in comparison to the hearing results after primary tympanoplasty with temporalis muscle fascia.