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Tympanoplasty Results in an Ethnically Diverse Patient Population
Author(s) -
Cheng Jeffrey,
Jiang Nancy,
Malkin Benjamin
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1002/lary.22270
Subject(s) - medicine , population , mount , otorhinolaryngology , gerontology , library science , surgery , environmental health , computer science , operating system
Methods: Adult patients who underwent type I tympanoplasty from January 2009 through July 2010 were eligible. Charts were reviewed for preand postoperative drum status, patient characteristics, temporal bone CT scans and audiologic data. The primary outcome measure was successful repair, defined as an intact drum at last follow-up visit. A secondary outcome measure was postoperative hearing improvement, defined as a difference between airconduction and bone-conduction pure-tone averages of less than 20 dB.