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Ring versus ‘Mercedes-Benz’ cartilage-perichondrium graft tympanoplasty in management of pars tensa cholesteatoma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 September 2011

O A Albirmawy
O A Albirmawy*
Affiliation:
Otolaryngology Department, Tanta University Hospital, Egypt
*
Address for correspondence: Dr O A Albirmawy, Reyad St 88, Tanta, 31211, Gharbeya, Egypt E-mail: albirmawy@hotmail.com
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Abstract

Objective:

To compare anatomical and audiological outcomes of ring versus ‘Mercedes-Benz’ cartilage-perichondrium graft tympanoplasty in patients with pars tensa cholesteatoma.

Study design:

Prospective clinical study.

Setting:

Otolaryngology department, Tanta University Hospital, Egypt.

Patients and methods: Over three years, 60 ears in 60 patients underwent surgery for either sinus or tensa retraction cholesteatoma, reconstructed using either a ring-shaped (30 ears) or Mercedes-Benz symbol shaped (30 ears) cartilage-perichondrium graft, with at least two years' follow up. Post-operative drum perforation and retraction, cholesteatoma residue and recurrence, middle-ear effusion, and hearing acuity were monitored.

Results:

Anatomical outcomes were equivalent in both groups, but slightly better in the Mercedes group. Hearing improved significantly in both groups (pre- vs post-operative results), but significantly more so in the ring group. Within-group hearing outcomes were unaffected by cholesteatoma type or tympanoplasty type.

Conclusion:

The Mercedes-Benz technique may be superior to the ring technique in preventing neodrum retraction. However, the ring graft technique had better hearing outcomes, perhaps due to its more physiological design.

Keywords

CholesteatomaTympanoplastyGraftCartilage

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 125 , Issue 12 , December 2011 , pp. 1232 - 1238
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 2011

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