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How we do it: Free conchal cartilage revisited for primary reconstruction of attic defects in combined approach tympanoplasty
Author(s) -
Koury E.,
Faris C.,
Sharma S.,
Quinn S.J.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
clinical otolaryngology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.914
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1749-4486
pISSN - 1749-4478
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2273.2005.01047.x
Subject(s) - medicine , tympanoplasty , attic , cartilage , surgery , perichondrium , anatomy , structural engineering , roof , engineering
Keypoints• There are concerns over the efficacy of free cartilage autografts in attic reconstruction (scutumplasty) for combined approach tympanoplasty (CAT). • Our operative technique uses free conchal cartilage autografts and an additional piece of conchal cartilage to buttress the reconstruction. • Of the 16 cases where this technique was used, there were two cases (13%) of failure of the attic reconstruction and a keratin pearl (residual disease) in one case (6%). This compares favourably with comparable series using a variety of reconstruction techniques.