Tympanoplasty in childhood.
Seventy cases of tympanoplasty in children in whom disease appeared to be limited to the mesotympanum were reviewed. Careful pre-operative selection is recommended; however, the surgery itself presented no particular problems. Success in closure of the perforation and improvement in hearing is comparable to adult studies.
D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000637:transplantation; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D005205:Fascia / Q000637:transplantation; D006309:Hearing / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014432:Tympanic Membrane; D014433:Tympanoplasty