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  • Title: [Transmeatal direct myringoplasty].
    Author: Ristic B, Jakovljevic B, Matkovic S.
    Journal: Vojnosanit Pregl; 2001; 58(6):595-8. PubMed ID: 11858013.
    Abstract:
    A surgical method of transmeatal direct myringoplasty (TDM) was performed in 30 patients. Out of those, 21 patients were previously treated for chronic otitis media, 4 patients were with dry perforations of neomembrane following myringoplasty, and 5 patients were with blasttraumatic ruptures of the eardrum. Fascia of the temporal muscle was used in the defect reconstruction. Graft healing and closure of the eardrum defect were observed in all patients 3 months after the surgery. Postoperative improvement of hearing in an interval of 15-20 dB was found in 21 patients. Milder sensorineural hearing damage was found in 1 patient, while in the others the hearing was on the preoperative level. Simplicity of the method, minimal surgical procedure and favorable postoperative results were the reason why the authors recommended TDM as the method of choice in the reconstruction of the eardrum defects caused by an inflammation or blasttraumatic damages of the eardrum.
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