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Paediatric tympanoplasty: comparative study between patients aged 5–8 years and those aged over 14 years

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 June 2016

G B Singh ,
R Arora ,
S Garg ,
S Kumar  and
D Kumar
G B Singh*
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Lady Hardinge Medical College and Associated Hospitals, New Delhi, India
R Arora
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Lady Hardinge Medical College and Associated Hospitals, New Delhi, India
S Garg
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Baba Saheb Ambedkar Medical College and Hospital, New Delhi, India
S Kumar
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Lady Hardinge Medical College and Associated Hospitals, New Delhi, India
D Kumar
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Employees' State Insurance Hospital, New Delhi, India
*
Address for correspondence: Dr Gautam Bir Singh, House no. 1433, Sector 15, Faridabad-121007 (National Capital Region), Haryana, India E-mail: gbsnit@yahoo.co.in
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Abstract

Objective:

To evaluate and analyse the success rate of tympanoplasty type I in paediatric patients aged 5 to 8 years compared to a control group (patients aged over 14 years).

Methods:

In this prospective study, 60 patients (of either sex) with chronic suppurative otitis media inactive mucosal disease were divided into 2 groups (30 in each): group A comprised paediatric patients aged 5–8 years and group B consisted of older individuals aged over 14 years. All patients underwent tympanoplasty type I with an underlay technique using a temporalis fascia graft.

Results:

Impressive surgical success rates of 87 and 90 per cent were recorded in groups A and B, respectively. Furthermore, audiological success rates of 69 and 78 per cent were achieved in groups A and B respectively. Statistical analysis of the data revealed that eustachian tube function had no impact on the outcome of tympanoplasty.

Conclusion:

Tympanoplasty type I performed in children aged five to eight years gives comparable results to those of older individuals.

Keywords

TympanoplastyPediatricsOtitis Media
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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 130 , Issue 7 , July 2016 , pp. 635 - 639
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 2016 

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