funded by the 4NanoEARDRM project,under the frame of EuroNanoMed III,an ERA-NET Cofund scheme of the Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Framework Programme of the European Commission,the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research(NWO,grant number OND1365231);German Federal Ministry of Education and Research(BMBF,grant number 13XP5061A);the Italian Ministry of Education,University and Research(MIUR,grant number B56H18000140001).
Approximately 740 million symptomatic patients are affected by otitis media every year.Being an inflammatory disease affecting the middle ear,it is one of the primary causes of tympanic membrane(TM)perforations,often ...
Purpose:Myringoplasty aims to improve hearing and prevent otorrhea,making graft uptake rates and hearing crucial considerations.This study analyzed the factors associated with unsuccessful graft uptake and hearing imp...
Objective:Assess the long-term outcome of pediatric myringoplasty.Methods:Tympanoplasty type I,myringoplasty,was performed on 85 children(91 consecutive operations,74 primary and 17 revisions)under 16 years of age.The...
Objective: To study the clinical and therapeutic epidemiological profile of chronic purulent otorrhea in the ENT and CCF departments of the Gabriel Touré university hospital. Materials and Method: This was a retrospe...
Background: Myringoplasty is a technique for the closure of the simple perforation of the tympanic membrane. For the better outcome, myringoplasty combined with cortical mastoidectomy has been tried i...
Objective/Hypothesis: We have tried to present some of our concerns regarding the usually adopted surgical techniques of Myringoplasty with their possible solutions. Also we have tried to present digital recordings of...
Objective: To investigate the feasibility of transcanal endoscopic myringoplasty in the hand of young beginner surgeons who had just completed the residency programme.Methods: In a three year period(August 2012 to Aug...
Objectives: To assess postoperative hearing level, and factors that may have influence hearing improvement after myringoplasty.Methods: Twenty six cases of successful myringoplasty were included in this prospective st...
Middle ear surgery is usually performed using a surgical microscope. Initially, in otorhinolaryngology practice, endoscopes were used for paranasal sinus surgeries. It was only later that they were applied in the area...