Open AccessDeveloping a novel meatal areolar tissue autograft for minimally invasive tympanoplasty
Author(s) -
YenChi Chen,
Chii-Yuan Huang,
YingJu Kuo,
Hsiu-Lien Cheng,
Yen-Fu Cheng,
Wen-Huei Liao
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of the chinese medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1728-7731
pISSN - 1726-4901
DOI - 10.1097/jcma.0000000000000392
Subject(s) - medicine , tympanoplasty , surgery , audiogram , dehiscence , fascia , hearing loss , audiology
We developed an easy and minimally invasive method of transmeatal tympanoplasty using meatal areolar tissue (MAT) grafts to achieve less postoperative morbidity or surgical scarring. We compared the functional and anatomical results of the developed method with conventional endaural tympanoplasty with a temporalis fascia (TF) graft.