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Tympanoplasty in children – a prospective study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Yogesh Bajaj ,
A. S. Bais  and
Bakul Mukherjee
Yogesh Bajaj*
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Lady Hardinge Medical College and S.S.K. Hospital and Kalawati Saran Children's Hospital, Delhi, India.
A. S. Bais
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Lady Hardinge Medical College and S.S.K. Hospital and Kalawati Saran Children's Hospital, Delhi, India.
Bakul Mukherjee
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Lady Hardinge Medical College and S.S.K. Hospital and Kalawati Saran Children's Hospital, Delhi, India.
*
Address for correspondence: Dr Yogesh Bajaj, 8 Kiran Vihar, Vikas Marg Extn., Delhi-110092, India. Fax: 0091 11 6425564
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Abstract

Considerable controversy surrounds the subject of tympanoplasty in children. This prospective study looked at the results of type-I tympanoplasty in children. Forty-five children in the age group of five to 14 years were selected for the study. All these cases had a central perforation without any evidence of cholesteatoma. The ear to be operated had to be dry for at least six weeks before surgery. Type I tympanoplasty was performed on these patients with autograft temporalis fascia by either the underlay or overlay technique.

The overall success rates in 45 operations evaluated one year post-operatively was 91.1 per cent. The age of the patient had no influence on the success rate. The two factors which adversely influenced the success rate were the presence of near total perforation and bilateral perforations.

It was concluded that type-I tympanoplasty has a good chance of success in children regardless of age.

Keywords

TympanoplastyChild
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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 112 , Issue 12 , December 1998 , pp. 1147 - 1149
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1998

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Footnotes

The paper was presented at the Annual Conference of Association of Otolaryngologists of India, Delhi State Branch on 9th March, 1997, the 4th Annual Conference of Association of Paediatric Otolaryngologists of India on 20th September, 1997 and the 50th Annual Conference of Association of Otolaryngologists of India on 11th January, 1998.

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