title: Late results in tympanoplasty. Staging the operation.
abstract: Based on the late results of tympanoplasty on 300 ears and of one-stage mastoidectomy and tympanoplasty on 269 discharging ears, the problems involved in staging tympanoplasty are discussed. The results of one-stage operations were found to be satisfactory 2-10 years after operation. The frequency of recurrent cholesteatoma was low, 3.4%. Instead of two-stage operations, re-operation is recommended in cases of functional failure and in cases in which further improvement of hearing can reasonably be expected.
mesh_terms: D002781:Cholesteatoma / Q000601:surgery*; D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006309:Hearing; D006801:Humans; D012008:Recurrence; D014433:Tympanoplasty