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One important factor to improve tympanoplasty outcome is to prevent the graft from falling away from the edges of perforation. Areolar tissue can be harvested from superfacial temporal fascia. Areolar… Click to show full abstract
One important factor to improve tympanoplasty outcome is to prevent the graft from falling away from the edges of perforation. Areolar tissue can be harvested from superfacial temporal fascia. Areolar tissue can be used as a natural "tissue glue" between graft and tympanic membrane (TM) remnant to help adherence. Using areolar tissue during tympanoplasty seems an effective technique to improve TM closure. The success rate of tympanoplasty does minimally deteriorate with time. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Journal Title: Clinical Otolaryngology
Year Published: 2019
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