Tympanoplasty type I: review of 327 cases

ABSTRACT

This is a review of 327 patients who had tympanoplasty type I procedures in the Riyadh Central Hospital from October 1983 to December 1985. All operations were performed by the author using temporalis fascia grafts and the technique of grafting used was the underlay method. There were no cases of total sensorineural hearing loss. The success rate of this procedure in this series was 89% [i.e. reducing the conductive hearing loss to less than 12 dB]. This success rate is not different from that reported from other otology centres