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Repair of tympanic membrane perforations using hyaluronic acid: An alternative to myringoplasty

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Lars-Eric Stenfors
Lars-Eric Stenfors*
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Presented as a poster exhibition at the Fourth International Conference on Recent Advances in Otitis Media, Bal Harbour, Florida, USA1-4 June 1987
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Prof. Lars-Eric Stenfors, M.D., Ph.D., University of Tromsø, N-9012, Tromsø, Norway.
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Abstract

Fifteen dry, small or medium-sized tympanic membrane perforations were treated by local application of 1 per cent hyaluronic acid after excision of the perforation rim. The duration of the perforations ranged from two months to ten years. Fourteen of the perforations were covered within 15±7.4 (S. D.) days and 5 ± 2.4 (S.D.) applications were needed to achieve closure. Hyaluronic acid treatment of dry tympanic membrane perforations not exceeding one quadrant seems to be an alternative to surgical myringoplasty.

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 103 , Issue 1 , January 1989 , pp. 39 - 40
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1989

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