title: Day case myringoplasty using tragal perichondrium.
abstract: Day surgery has an ever-increasing role to play in otology. In this study of myringoplasty, tragal perichondrial grafts were placed permeatally as a day case procedure in 32 patients. These are compared with a control group, matched for age and for the size of their perforations, in whom temporalis fascia was grafted via an endaural or postaural incision. The success rate was 94% in the perichondrial group as compared with 84% in the control group (no significant difference P > 0.05). Day case myringoplasty produced less morbidity for the patients and a 40% reduction in theatre time as well as the more obvious savings resulting from a shorter hospital stay.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital, Nottingham, UK.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Quraishi
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D004429:Ear Ossicles / Q000601:surgery*; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009225:Myringoplasty / Q000009:adverse effects; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D018058:Tympanic Membrane Perforation / Q000209:etiology