title: Tympanoplasty with reconstruction of soft posterior meatal wall in ears with cholesteatoma.
abstract: A surgical technique for the reconstruction of a posterior meatal wall using a soft material (fascia) was developed for ears with cholesteatoma. Both myringoplasty and reconstruction of the posterior meatal wall were simultaneously performed using a large sheet of fascia, after the removal of the posterior meatal bony wall and the lesion. Even if postoperative middle ear aeration is disturbed, a retraction pocket may be expected to occur easily in ears with a soft posterior meatal wall, because of its flexibility compared to ears with a usual hard posterior meatal wall. This method is simple and can be useful in ears in which the posterior bony wall is removed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osakasayama, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hosoi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Murata
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D001309:Auditory Threshold / Q000502:physiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018424:Cholesteatoma, Middle Ear / Q000601:surgery*; D005205:Fascia / Q000637:transplantation; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009225:Myringoplasty / Q000379:methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D014433:Tympanoplasty / Q000379:methods*