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Ten years’ experience with Felix tympanoplasty: analysis of anatomical and functional results

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2015

M L Castelli ,
R Vitiello ,
S Ponzo  and
A Evangelista
M L Castelli*
Affiliation:
Otorhinolaryngology Department, Ospedale Santissima Annunziata, Savigliano, Azienda Sanitaria Locale CN1, Italy
R Vitiello
Affiliation:
Otorhinolaryngology Department, Ospedale Santa Croce, Cuneo, Italy
S Ponzo
Affiliation:
Otorhinolaryngology Department, Ospedale Santa Croce, Cuneo, Italy
A Evangelista
Affiliation:
Unit of Clinical Epidemiology, Town of Health and Science, and Piedmont Reference Centre for Epidemiology and Cancer Prevention, Turin, Italy
*
Address for correspondence: Dr Marco Luigi Castelli, Via Barbacana 18 A, Cavallermaggiore, 12038 Savigliano, Italy E-mail: casterr@infinito.it
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Abstract

Objective:

This paper presents our 10 years’ experience with Felix tympanoplasty. This surgical procedure is designed to repair large perforations of unhealthy tympanic membranes, providing good graft stability without blunting of the anterior tympanomeatal angle.

Methods:

From January 2001 to December 2011, 64 Felix tympanoplasties were performed, conducted as the only surgical procedure. This paper describes the surgical technique and analyses the functional results.

Results:

Graft take was achieved in 61 ears (95.31 per cent). There was air–bone gap improvement in 84.6 per cent of cases.

Conclusion:

Felix tympanoplasty was effective in repairing unhealthy tympanic membranes with large perforations; the avoidance of blunting at the anterior tympanomeatal angle achieved good functional results.

Keywords

MyringoplastyTympanic MembraneOtitis MediaOtologic Surgical Procedures

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 129 , Issue 11 , November 2015 , pp. 1064 - 1068
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 2015 

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