Role of Cartilage as a Graft Material for Tympanic Membrane and in Middle Ear Reconstruction

摘要: Objective: The work was planned to evaluate the results of cartilage graft in surgical treatment chronic suppurative otitis media. Study Design: A prospective study. Materials and Methods: present study a tympanoplasties tympanomastoid surgeries performed on 100 patients. main outcome measures were both anatomical functional form incorporation postoperative hearing function. Results: Cartilage used as tympanic membrane and/or ossicle cases. There no immediate or long term complications surgery except for 10 cases which there failure uptake. 7.6-decibel (dB) improvement mean air conduction threshold post-operatively. closure average bone gap 8.4 decibels noted statistically significant. Conclusion: is very effective option repair conducting mechanism ear with good take-up rates, less chances rejection extrusion few significant complications. thickness creates stiffness that more resistant than fascia anatomic deformities caused by negative middle pressure thus improving integrity graft.