Open AccessCyanoacrylate in myringoplasty - an office based procedure
Author(s) -
Rita Ruby Albert,
Anand Job
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.229
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2231-3796
pISSN - 0973-7707
DOI - 10.1007/bf02974319
Subject(s) - myringoplasty , medicine , cyanoacrylate , surgery , otorhinolaryngology , head and neck surgery , perforation , eardrum , tympanoplasty , radiology , chemistry , materials science , adhesive , organic chemistry , layer (electronics) , punching , metallurgy
Graft failure continues to be a problem for surgery of the perforated eardrum. We present our experience of six cases managed using commercially available superglue (cyanoacrylate) for myringoplasty. This method is simple, office based, less time consuming and cost effective. An insulin syringe was used to deliver the glue after a temporalis fascia graft was tucked under the edges of the perforation.