Clinical Efficacy of Endoscopic Tympanoplasty for Large Tympanic Membrane Perforation / 中山大学学报(医学科学版)

ABSTRACT

@#【Objective】To investigate the clinical efficacy of endoscopic tympanoplasty for chronic suppurative otitis with large tympanic membrane perforation.【Methods】A total of 110 cases（115 ears）which were diagnosed as chronic suppurative otitis with large tympanic membrane perforation were retrospectively collected from May 2017 to Jan 2019. All cases were performed endoscopic tympanoplasty；including removing tympanic lesions，reconstruction of ossicular chain， and myringoplasty with cartilage and perichondrium complex by underlay technique. At the same time of tympanoplasty ， balloon eustachian tuboplasty（BET）was performed in patients who were diagnosed with eustachian tube dysfunction. The graft success rate，pure tone threshold average（PTA）of speech frequency and the air-bone gap（ABG）were assessed at 3 months after surgery.【Results】The primary graft success rate was 95.7%，and the PTA and ABG were（25.7±11.8）dB HL and（13.8 ± 6.9）dB HL，respectively，which showed significant differences compared with pre- operation conditions （P < 0.001）. Furthermore，29 ears which were diagnosed with eustachian tube dysfunction were treated with BET at the same time of tympanoplasty. Compared with simply tympanoplasty （86 ears），no difference was found in primary graft success rate ，PTA and ABG post-operation（P > 0.05）.【Conclusions】 Endoscopic tympanoplasty is an effective surgery，and the cartilage and perichondrium complex is a reliable repair material for large tympanic membrane perforation ，which are both worthy of clinical promotion. Furthermore ，BET at the same time of tympanoplasty could ensure clinical efficacy for the patients with eustachian tube dysfunction.