title: [Autologous tissue in initial type I and type III tympanoplasty operations in chronic suppurative otitis media].
abstract: We reviewed 192 patients who had been treated for chronic otitis media. All operations were carried out at the Department of Otolaryngology, University of Tübingen. No patient had a previous ear operation and revision operations were excluded. The observation period varied from a minimum of 1 year to a maximum of 4 1/2 years. The ossicular chain was partially destroyed in 43 ears (22.4%). Ossiculoplasty was performed using autologous ossicles. An inens was used in 31 ears and a malleus in 12 cases. The overall failure rate was 20.8%. Most recurrent perforations were found in middle-aged patients. Children had only a 14% incidence of recurrent perforations. Fascia was the material associated with the highest failure rate (28.6%). After using perichondrium 6.8% of the cases had recurrent perforations, whereas the perichondrium-cartilage transplant was not successful in 4.8%. Overall, 62.7% of the patients were found to have an air-bone gap of 10 dB or less at 1.5 kHz 3-6 months after surgery. An air-bone gap of 20 dB or less was found in 91.2% of the patients. The main problem seen in the patients with chronic otitis media was not reconstruction of the ossicular chain but a lasting closure of the tympanic membrane. The perichondrium-cartilage transplant permitted the best results and is now recommended especially for patients with unfavorable middle ear conditions. A long-lasting closure of the tympanic membrane was also found in children (< or = 15 years of age). For this reason we also recommend an early operation in order to allow children to lead a normal life.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-HNO-Klinik Tübingen.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Baumann
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Diedrichs
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Plinkert
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Zenner
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006314:Hearing Loss, Conductive / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019933:Ossicular Replacement; D010035:Otitis Media, Suppurative / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014433:Tympanoplasty / Q000145:classification / Q000379:methods*
vernacular_title: Autologes Gewebe bei Typ-I- und Typ-III-Tympanoplastikerstoperationen bei der chronischen Schleimhauteiterung.