title: Adipose plug myringoplasty: an alternative to formal myringoplasty techniques in children.
abstract: Adipose myringoplasty is presented as a simple and cost-effective technique in managing small tympanic membrane perforations in children. A review of 76 fat plug myringoplasties performed on 62 children with drum perforations over a 15-year period was done. Fifty-nine myringoplasties were postinflammatory and/or after extrusion of pressure-equalizing (PE) tubes. Sixteen were residual perforations following temporalis fascia tympanoplasty, and one was posttraumatic perforation. Criteria for selection, operative technique, and results are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Section of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee.
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Gross
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bassila
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Lazar
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stagner
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000637:transplantation*; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009225:Myringoplasty / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012086:Reoperation; D014432:Tympanic Membrane / Q000293:injuries