TY - JOUR
T1 - Paper patching for chronic tympanic membrane perforations
AU - Golz, Avishay
AU - Goldenberg, David
AU - Netzer, Aviram
AU - Fradis, Milo
AU - Westerman, S. Thomas
AU - Westerman, Liane M.
AU - Joachims, Henry Z.
PY - 2003/4/1
Y1 - 2003/4/1
N2 - OBJECTIVE: This study was designed to evaluate the results of paper-patch myringoplasty in patients with chronic perforations of the tympanic membrane of different sizes. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: A retrospective survey of paper-patch myringoplasties performed in a tertiary referral academic medical center on 77 patients with chronic perforations of the eardrum was carried out. Data consisted of the causes of the perforations, time the perforations had been present, their size, number of patch applications, duration of application, and number of successfully closed perforations. RESULTS: Closure rate was 63.2%, 43.5%, and 12.5% for small, medium, and large perforations, respectively. Small perforations needed the least number of repeated applications and the least time for closure. CONCLUSIONS AND SIGNIFICANCE: Paper patching is technically simple, time saving, safe to perform, cost effective, and suitable as an outpatient procedure and has a good success rate, It should be tried in perforations smaller than 5 mm before a patient is referred for surgery.
AB - OBJECTIVE: This study was designed to evaluate the results of paper-patch myringoplasty in patients with chronic perforations of the tympanic membrane of different sizes. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: A retrospective survey of paper-patch myringoplasties performed in a tertiary referral academic medical center on 77 patients with chronic perforations of the eardrum was carried out. Data consisted of the causes of the perforations, time the perforations had been present, their size, number of patch applications, duration of application, and number of successfully closed perforations. RESULTS: Closure rate was 63.2%, 43.5%, and 12.5% for small, medium, and large perforations, respectively. Small perforations needed the least number of repeated applications and the least time for closure. CONCLUSIONS AND SIGNIFICANCE: Paper patching is technically simple, time saving, safe to perform, cost effective, and suitable as an outpatient procedure and has a good success rate, It should be tried in perforations smaller than 5 mm before a patient is referred for surgery.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0194-5998(03)00124-4
DO - 10.1016/S0194-5998(03)00124-4
M3 - Article
C2 - 12707662
AN - SCOPUS:0037387828
SN - 0194-5998
VL - 128
SP - 565
EP - 570
JO - Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
JF - Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
IS - 4
ER -