[Transcanal butterfly cartilage tympanoplasty].

OBJECTIVES

This study evaluated the long-term results of transcanal butterfly cartilage tympanoplasty technique in adult patients.

PATIENTS AND METHODS

Transcanal butterfly cartilage tympanoplasty was performed in 11 adult patients (7 males, 4 females; mean age 30 years; range 21 to 45 years) with chronic otitis media. The operations were performed under general or local anesthesia. Perforation diameters ranged from 2 to 6 mm. The mean follow-up period was 9.5 months.

RESULTS

At the end of the follow-up period, perforations closed in 10 patients (90.9%). In one patient, reperforation occurred in the second month. The mean preoperative and postoperative air-bone gaps obtained in 10 patients were 18 dB and 6.5 dB, respectively.

CONCLUSION

Butterfly cartilage tympanoplasty technique was very effective to close central, small tympanic membrane perforations associated with minimal hearing loss.