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The Outcome of Endoscopic Assisted Underlay Tragal Cartilage Myringoplasty

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Background: The use of Endoscope is increasing for otologic surgery because it is providing anewperspective on the intricate anatomy of the middle ear.Study Design: Cross sectional study.Objective Evaluation of outcomes… Click to show full abstract

Background: The use of Endoscope is increasing for otologic surgery because it is providing anewperspective on the intricate anatomy of the middle ear.Study Design: Cross sectional study.Objective Evaluation of outcomes of endoscopic aidedtranscanal underlay tragal cartilegeMyringoplasty.Patients and Method: This were aprospective clinical study included Fifteen patients who were operatedon for chronic otitis media (COM) and their data and findings. All operations and surgical procedures wereperformed only with the use of a tragal cartilage graft, lining, and total transcanal endoscopic access. Weassessed the postoperative graft up-taking rate and assessed hearing at 6-8 weeks.Results and Discussion: Out of the 15 patients (9 female and 6 male) the graft take rate was 86% and thecomparison of pre and postoperative mean AB gap revealed that the mean AB gap was 31 dB preoperativelywhile it changed (improved) to 16 dB at 6 to 8 weeks postoperatively, with a statistically significant difference(P<0.05).Conclusions: Endoscopic Myringoplastyis minimally invasive, effective and safe procedure with goodsuccess rate and short duration.

Keywords: outcome endoscopic; tragal cartilage; underlay tragal; endoscopic assisted

Journal Title: Medico-Legal Update
Year Published: 2021

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