[Two terms tympanoplasty in chronic suppurative otitis media]

Lin Chuang Er Bi Yan Hou Ke Za Zhi. 2001 Oct;15(10):442-3.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

Objective: To explore the clinical manifestations and therapeutic effects of treating chronic suppurative otitis media with two terms tympanoplasty.

Method: 36 patients were retrospectively analyzed. The criterions of success are air room in middle ear, intact eardrum and decrease of A-B gape in audiometry.

Result: 32 cases of all patients got successful effects, 4 cases failed. The main cause of failure is to fail forming air room in middle ear.

Conclusion: The two term's tympanoplasty can save the residual hearing in most patient. But it is difficult to get successful result if more mucous membrane in the middle ear disappeared.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Child
  • Cholesteatoma, Middle Ear / surgery*
  • Chronic Disease
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Otitis Media, Suppurative / surgery*
  • Tympanoplasty / methods*