ABSTRACT
Forty-six patients with chronic suppurative otitis media have been operated upon [using cartilage graft to close tympanic membrane perforation] at ORL Department, Mansoura University Hospital. Otological and Audiological results were compared with the results of 30 tympanoplasties operated at the same period of time [using temporalis fascia graft to close tympanic membrane perforation]. Successful closure of the tympanic membrane perforation was achieved in 91.3% of the cartilage group as compared to 73.3% of the fascia group. The postoperative air-bone gap was smaller in the fascia group than the cartilage group, but the difference was statistically insignificant. According to our results, we concluded that cartilage is a reliable graft material for reconstruction of tympanic membrane perforations especially, large perforations as well as revision cases