Butterfly cartilage tympanoplasty: an alternative new technique instead of conventional surgery method

This study was carried out on 18 patients who underwent inlay butterfly cartilage tympanoplasty with the new technique for anterior and inferior perforations at an otolaryngology department of a tertiary medical center between November 2015 and August 2016. Patients were followed with otoscopy and audiometry, and graft healing 's success. Anatomic closure at 6th month after tympanoplasty was found in all 18 patients. There was no incidence of cartilage graft rejection or displacement. Preoperative mean PTA was 27.7 dB, which improved 6 months after surgery to 10.5 dB (the average value of hearing thresholds at 0.5, 1 , 2 and 4 kHz). Butterfly cartilage tympanoplasty technique is safe and efficient in terms of both anatomical closure of the defect and improvement in hearing. We believ...

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