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Correlation between retractions of the pars flaccida and the pars tensa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Michal Luntz ,
Camil Fuchs  and
Jacob Sadé
Michal Luntz*
Affiliation:
Hearing Research Laboratory, Sackler School of Medicine and the Biomedical Engineering Department, University of Tel-Aviv, Ramat Aviv, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Camil Fuchs
Affiliation:
The Department of Statistics and Operation Research, Raymond and Beverly Sackler, Faculty of Exact Sciences, University of Tel-Aviv, Ramat Aviv, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Jacob Sadé
Affiliation:
The Sara and Felix Diamond Professonal Department for Hearing Disorders, University of Tel-Aviv, Ramat Aviv, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
*
Address for correspondence: Michal Luntz, M.D., Hearing Research Laboratory, The Biomedical Engineering Department, POB 39040, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 69978.
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Abstract

Retractions of the pars flaccida (PF) and the pars tensa (PT) were assessed in 250 atelectatic ears in an attempt to find out the way in which the differences in mechanical properties of the two parts of the tympanic membrane are reflected clinically. Retraction of PF was found in 217 ears (86.8 per cent) and retraction of PF in 150 (60 per cent). The concomitant presence of both types of retraction was observed in 117 ears (46.8 per cent) while 133 (53.2 per cent) had only one type, 100 of them (75.1 per cent) PF retraction and 33 (24.9 per cent) PT retraction. When only one type of retraction was present, the empirical probability of having a PF retraction was 75.1 per cent, while the probability of having a PT retraction was only 24.9 per cent. Clinically, the more frequent occurrence of PF retraction in the absence of PT retraction than vice versa reflects the greater collapsibility of the PF. When both types of retractions were present, we found a positive correlation between their severity.

Keywords

Middle earAtelectasisMiddle ear ventilation
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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 111 , Issue 4 , April 1997 , pp. 322 - 324
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1997

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