En Hamac tympanoplasty and canalplasty for optimal type 1 tympanoplasty outcomes

2020 ◽  
Vol 134 (9) ◽  
pp. 769-772
Author(s):  
S Vandenbroeck ◽  
R Kuhweide ◽  
B Lerut

AbstractObjectiveMultiple tympanoplasty techniques have been developed with numerous differences in grafting and approach. This study aimed to improve type 1 tympanoplasty outcomes by using the ‘en hamac’ technique as well as performing a complete canalplasty for anterior perforations.MethodA retrospective review was performed using the prospective Otology-Neurotology Database tool for otological surgery. All primary type 1 tympanoplasty cases performed for tympanic membrane perforations from 2010 to 2016 were selected for analysis, all performed by one author. Minimal clinical and audiometric follow up was 18 months.ResultsTympanic membrane perforation closure was achieved in 62 of the patients (96.88 per cent). None of the en hamac cases had residual or recurrent perforation (p = 0.02). The mean remaining air–bone gap was 8.50 dB. The remaining air–bone gap was less than 10 dB in 72.55 per cent, 10–20 dB in 25.49 per cent and more than 20 dB in 1.96 per cent.ConclusionUsing the en hamac technique for anterior perforations as well as systematically performing a complete canalplasty provides multiple surgical advantages with excellent post-operative results.

Author(s):  
Kiran Gangadar S. ◽  
G. Priyadarshini

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> Tympanoplasty is a surgical procedure for closing the tympanic membrane perforation and reconstructing the tympanic membrane and hearing, commonly after trauma and chronic otitis media. The aim of the study was to compare the clinical and audiological outcomes of tympanoplasty with or without anterior tucking.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> In this prospective study, 50 patients with chronic otitis media (COM) were divided into two groups. Group 1 underwent type 1 tympanoplasty with anterior tucking method, and group 2 underwent type 1 tympanoplasty without anterior tucking. The result was measured on graft uptake and hearing outcome at 6 months postoperatively by performing pure tone audiometry.  </p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> The hearing improvement was almost the same in both the groups. Graft uptake was good in type 1 tympanoplasty with tucking (96%) when compared to without tucking tympanoplasty (92%). Complications like residual perforation were seen in both groups equally. Anterior marginal blunting was noted (8%) in type 1 tympanoplasty with tucking.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> The hearing improvement of type-1 tympanoplasty with anterior tucking and without anterior tucking is the same. Type-1 tympanoplasty with anterior tucking has a better graft acceptance. The only disadvantage of type-1 tympanoplasty with anterior tucking is anterior marginal blunting.</p>


Author(s):  
Inderdeep Singh ◽  
Basavaraj S. Patil ◽  
Mohammad Z. Akhtar

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> The standard treatment of tympanic membrane perforation is conventional surgical closure using myringoplasty or a tympanoplasty type 1. In this study the role of cabon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>)-laser-assisted de-epitheliazation of perforation margins and application of bioinert silastic sheet. Success rate was compared with conventional microscopic surgery.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> This was a comparative study containing 60 patients with small dry tympanic membrane perforation (diameter 1-3 mm). The causes of tympanic membrane perforations were mainly traumatic or the eardrum did not heal after spontaneous perforation caused by an acute otitis media or after surgery. The procedure was performed under local anaesthesia. CO<sub>2</sub> (acupulse) applied along the edge of the perforation until complete de-epitheliazation and application of bioinert silastic sheet in small dry perforation. Closure of eardrum perforation was monitored using an otoendoscope. Success rate of the CO<sub>2</sub> laser myringoplasty was compared with conventional type 1 tympanoplasty.  </p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> Complete eardrum closure occurred in 24 cases (80%), 06 patients (20%) had a residual perforation. The success rate of this procedure is lower than conventional type 1 tympanoplasty, which is 90-94%. There were no complications during and after the treatment.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> A closure rate of 80% (24/30) was achieved with a CO<sub>2</sub>-laser-assisted de-epitheliazation. This procedure can be offered carefully to selected cases with perforation size &lt;3 mm, where the CO<sub>2</sub> facility is available before they undergo formal conventional microscopic surgery.</p><p class="abstract"> </p>


Author(s):  
Gopinathan N. Pillai ◽  
Anjana Mary Reynolds ◽  
Nazneen Parammal Ayyappankandi ◽  
Cyril C. Ninan

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> Chronic otitis media (COM) mucosal type is characterised by recurrent ear discharge and hearing loss secondary to tympanic membrane perforation. Type 1 tympanoplasty is the surgical option for its closure. The objective of this study is to record the site and size of tympanic membrane perforation, quantify the hearing loss with pure tone audiogram and to assess the hearing gain achieved following type 1 tympanoplasty with temporalis fascia graft.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> This prospective study comprises 120 patients of the age group of 15 to 60 years with COM who attended the otorhinolaryngology department, from June 2015 to May 2018. Site and size of perforation were assessed by the number of quadrants involved. Hearing loss was quantified by pure tone audiometry (PTA) pre-op and 3, 6 and 12 months post-op. The pure tone average with the air-bone gap (ABG) at 12 months is used for the assessment.  </p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> In this study, mean pure tone average pre-operatively for small, medium, large and subtotal perforations were 26 dB, 32 dB,35 dB, 42 dB respectively and 14.37 dB, 23 dB, 23.66 dB, and 32.5 dB post operatively after one year. On statistical analysis by ANOVA test, postoperative hearing gain was statistically significant.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> The study shows that hearing loss was proportional to the size of perforation. Air-bone closure following type 1 tympanoplasty was more for subtotal perforation and for perforations involving both anterior and posterior quadrants.</p><p> </p>


2020 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 84
Author(s):  
Anton Budhi Darmawan

Background: Type 1 tympanoplasty or myringoplasty is the most frequently performed procedure in the field of otology. Type 1 tympanoplasty is a surgical procedure to repair and only involves the restoration of the perforated tympanic membrane. There are three most accepted methods often used universally, namely underlay, overlay, and interlay. The interlay method is a relatively new method developed in 1992 for closing tympanic membrane perforation. This method has a high success rate of 96%. Objective: To report the success of type 1 tympanoplasty with an interlay method to close large central tympanic membrane perforations at Margono Soekarjo District Hospital. Case Report: Reporting 3 cases of chronic tubotympanic suppurative otitis media with large central tympanic membrane perforation which were repaired by type 1 tympanoplasty using interlay method. Clinical Question: Does interlay method type 1 tympanoplasty performed on large central tympanic membrane perforation provide better result compared with other methods of type 1 tympanoplasty? Review Method: Studying the evidence-based literatures on type 1 tympanoplasty interlay methods through Cochrane, Pubmed, and Google Scholar databases. Based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria, three journals were relevant with the reported cases. Result: All three journals stated that interlay method type 1 tympanoplasty had high success rate in terms of closing the tympanic membrane perforation and diminishing air-bone gap. Conclusion: Type 1 Tympanoplasty interlay method could be used as an alternative for the closure of a large central tympanic membrane perforation.Keywords: Chronic Tubotympanic Suppurative Otitis Media, large central tympanic membrane perforation, interlay tympanoplasty ABSTRAK Latar belakang: Timpanoplasti tipe 1 atau miringoplasti merupakan prosedur di bidang otologi yang paling sering dilakukan. Timpanoplasti tipe 1 merupakan metode pembedahan yang bertujuan untuk memperbaiki, dan terbatas hanya di membran timpani. Terdapat tiga metode yang paling diterima dan sering digunakan secara universal, yaitu underlay, overlay, dan interlay. Metode interlay merupakan metode penambalan perforasi membran timpani yang relatif baru, dikembangkan pada tahun 1992. Metode ini mempunyai keberhasilan yang tinggi yaitu mencapai 96%. Tujuan: Melaporkan keberhasilan timpanoplasti tipe 1 dengan metode interlay untuk penutupan perforasi membran timpani sentral besar di RSUD Margono Soekarjo. Laporan kasus: Dilaporkan 3 kasus otitis media supuratif kronik tipe tubotimpani dengan perforasi sentral besar, yang dilakukan timpanoplasti tipe 1 dengan metode interlay. Pertanyaan klinis: Apakah metode interlay timpanoplasti tipe 1 yang dilakukan pada perforasi membran timpani yang besar, dapat memberikan hasil yang lebih baik daripada metode lain timpanoplasti tipe 1? Telaah literatur: Telaah berbasis bukti mengenai timpanoplasti tipe 1 metode interlay melalui database Cochrane, Pubmed, dan Google Scholar. Berdasarkan kriteria inklusi dan ekslusi didapatkan tiga jurnal yang relevan dengan kasus yang dilaporkan. Hasil: Ketiga jurnal tersebut menyatakan bahwa timpanoplasti tipe 1 metode interlay mempunyai angka keberhasilan yang tinggi dalam hal penutupan perforasi membran timpani maupun mengurangi air-bone gap. Kesimpulan: Timpanoplasti tipe 1 metode interlay dapat digunakan sebagai alternatif untuk penutupan perforasi membran timpani sentral yang besar


2009 ◽  
Vol 123 (9) ◽  
pp. 973-977 ◽  
Author(s):  
J D Wasson ◽  
C E Papadimitriou ◽  
H Pau

AbstractObjectives:To investigate the impact of perforation size and other variables on the success of myringoplasty, and also to determine audiological gain following successful closure of tympanic membrane perforations of various sizes.Study design:Retrospective analysis of 130 case notes.Main outcome measures:(1) Successful closure of tympanic membrane following myringoplasty, in relation to recorded variables (i.e. perforation size, grade of surgeon, surgical technique, graft material, previous myringoplasty and smoking history). (2) Mean, four-frequency, air conduction audiometric gain following successful myringoplasty for various, pre-operatively categorised tympanic membrane perforation sizes.Results and Conclusion:The collective myringoplasty success rate was 80.8 per cent (105/130); for successful patients, the mean air conduction audiometric gain was −6.8 dB (t = 5.29, p < 0.0001). Neither perforation size nor any other assessed variable was a statistically significant determinant factor for successful myringoplasty. Air conduction audiometric gains following successful myringoplasty were directly correlated with pre-operative perforation size (−4.0 dB for 0–20 per cent perforations, −5.0 dB for 21–40 per cent, −9.1 dB for 41–60 per cent, −10.8 dB for 61–80 per cent and −13.3 dB for 81–100 per cent).


2019 ◽  
Vol 02 (01) ◽  
pp. 10-15
Author(s):  
Ramandeep Singh Virk ◽  
Krishan Kudawla ◽  
Sandeep Bansal ◽  
Ramya Rathod ◽  
Samarendra Behera

Abstract Introduction The effects of tympanic membrane perforations on middle ear sound transmission are not well characterized, largely because ears with perforations typically have additional pathological changes. It has been established that the larger the perforation, the greater is the hearing loss (HL). Aim This study aimed to correlate the location and size of tympanic membrane perforation and middle ear air space volume with the magnitude of HL in patients with tubotympanic or inactive mucosal type of chronic otitis media (COM). Materials and Methods A prospective clinical study of patients with tympanic membrane perforations due to COM and without any other ear disease and who attended the Otolaryngology services at our institute between July 2010 and December 2011 was conducted. A total of 300 ears were evaluated by performing otoendoscopy, followed by photo documentation and audiological investigations (pure-tone audiometry and tympanometry). Tympanic membrane perforations were categorized based on their size and location, and the mean air-bone (AB) gap between the various types of perforations was compared and statistically analyzed with significance level of p < 0.05. Results Out of 300 ears, maximum number of ears (n = 124, 41.3%) had large-sized perforations (> 30 mm2) that had a maximum mean AB gap of 26.43 dB, and minimum number of ears (n = 60, 20%) had small-sized perforations (0–9 mm2) that had minimum mean AB gap of 9.12 dB. The remaining were medium-sized perforations that had mean AB gap of 16.13 dB. Depending on the location, maximum were central perforations (n = 198, 66%) and minimum were anterosuperior (AS) perforations (n = 9, 3%). Based on the middle ear volume on tympanometry, maximum ears were of low-volume group (n = 246, 92%) that had larger mean AB gap of 19.96 dB HL when compared with the high-volume group (n = 24, 8%) with 11.80 dB HL. AB gap was maximum at lower frequencies and decreased with increase in frequencies except at 4,000 Hz, that is, 56.9 dB HL at 250 Hz, 42.6 at 500 Hz, 41.5 at 1,000 Hz, 32.4 at 2,000 Hz, and 49.5 at 4,000 Hz. Conclusion HL increases as the area of tympanic membrane perforation increases. There is an inverse relationship between HL and middle ear air space volume. Comparing the small-sized perforations at different sites with the middle ear volume being low, it was found that posterosuperior (PS) perforations had 4 to 7 dB greater HL than AS and anteroinferior (AI). However, the relationship was statistically insignificant. The phase cancellation effect of round window causing greater HL in posteroinferior (PI) perforations does not exist in small- and medium-sized perforations. HL is greater at lower frequencies and less at higher frequencies.


1992 ◽  
Vol 106 (11) ◽  
pp. 960-962 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. G. Courteney-Harris ◽  
G. R. Ford ◽  
T. M. J. Ganiwalla ◽  
K. S. Mangat

AbstractThe reported incidence of persistent tympanic membrane perforation after the extrusion or removal of Goodetype tympanostomy tubes varies from 3 per cent to 47.5 per cent.A prospective randomized study of 152 Goode-type T-tube removals is presented. In one group of 79 ears, the edge of the defect was just freshened, but in the other 73 ears, the edge was freshened and a small piece of 0.13 mm silastic sheeting placed over the defect. Follow-up was performed at six weeks and three, six and nine months and shows that the use of silastic sheeting increases the rate of closure of the perforation and also significantly decreases the number of persistent perforations at nine months.


2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (04) ◽  
pp. 336-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Dawood

Introduction Tympanic membrane perforation is a relatively common problem that predisposes patients to varying degrees of conductive hearing loss. Objective The objective of this study is to evaluate and analyze the frequency dependence hearing loss in tympanic membrane perforation based on the size and the site of perforation. Methods For the study, I selected 71 patients' (89) ears for the cross-sectional study with tympanic membrane perforations; I examined the size and the site of perforations under the microscope and classified them into small, moderate, large, and subtotal perforations, and into anterior central, posterior central, malleolor central, and big central perforations. I measured mean level of speech frequencies hearing loss, and its relation with the site and the size of the perforation analyzed. Results The mean hearing loss at different sizes of the perforation at all speech frequencies was 37.4 dB, with ABG of 26.6 dB, and its maximum loss was detected in subtotal perforation of 42.3 dB, with ABG of 33.7 dB, at 500 Hz frequency, while in relation to the sites, it was 38.2 dB, with ABG of 26.8 dB, and its maximum loss was detected in big central site perforation of 42.1 dB, with ABG of 33.6 dB, at 500 Hz frequency. Conclusions The hearing loss was proportionally related with the sizes of the perforations, and the posterior site had greater impact on the hearing than anterior site perforations. This was also applied to the frequency dependence hearing level, as was detected to be worse at lower frequencies as 500 Hz, than those of 1000–2000 Hz.


2009 ◽  
Vol 123 (S31) ◽  
pp. 81-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y Matsuda ◽  
T Kurita ◽  
Y Ueda ◽  
S Ito ◽  
T Nakashima

AbstractTympanic membrane perforation causes a sound conduction disturbance, and the size of this conduction disturbance is proportional to the perforation area. However, precise evaluation of perforation size is difficult, and there are few detailed reports addressing this issue. Furthermore, such evaluation becomes more difficult for irregularly shaped perforations. This study conducted a quantitative evaluation of tympanic membrane perforations, using image analysis equipment.A significant correlation was found between the degree of sound conduction disturbance and the perforation area; this correlation was greater at low frequencies following a traumatic perforation. The conductive disturbance associated with chronic otitis media was significantly greater at low frequencies. Circular perforations caused only minor conduction disturbance. Perforations in the anteroinferior quadrant were associated with greater conduction disturbance. Traumatic spindle-shaped perforations and malleolar perforations were associated with greater conduction disturbance.


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