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Treatment of tympanic membrane retraction pockets by excision. A prospective study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

J. F. Sharp  and
J. M. Robinson
J. F. Sharp
Affiliation:
Gloucester
J. M. Robinson*
Affiliation:
Gloucester
*
Mr J. Robinson, ENT Department, Gloucester Royal Hospital, Great Western Road, Gloucester GL1 3NN
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Abstract

The treatment of tympanic membrane retraction pockets by simple excision is described in 66 ears in 50 patients. After one operation 65 per cent of the retraction pockets were successfully treated (mean follow up 14.1 months). Persisting perforations occurred in five patients after one excision. Retrotympanic cholesteatoma was found in one patient, after two retraction pocket excision operations. The number of myringotomies with grommet insertion and the presence of bilateral disease does not predict the outcome of the procedure. Simple excision should be considered in the first instance, rather than reinforcement tympanoplasty using temporalis fascia or cartilage graft, in the treatment of tympanic membrane retraction pockets.

Keywords

Otitis media with effusion, chronic, sequelaeTympanic membrane

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 106 , Issue 10 , October 1992 , pp. 882 - 886
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1992

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