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An evaluation of myringoplasty in war injured people

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Haitham Taha Makki*
Affiliation:
Baghdad, Iraq
*
Haitham Taha Makki, FRCS (Ed), Department of ENT Surgery, Al-Rasheed Military Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq.

Abstract

Perforation of the tympanic membrane is a common war injury, especially after explosions. Such perforations will normally heal spontaneously under favourable conditions. A small number in whom the defect persists will benefit from closure by myringoplasty. Thirty-four such cases underwent operative repair and were compared with an equal number due to other causes.

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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1989

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