title: Myringoplasty: a prospective audit study.
abstract: Seventy-three surgeons participated in a prospective audit of myringoplasty. They returned data on 1070 individual patients. Up to 12 months follow-up information was obtained. The mean number of myringoplasties performed per consultant in 1 year (1995) was 14.7 (95% confidence intervals (CI) 12.1 17.2). The main indication for performing the operation was to achieve an intact tympanic membrane. The mean graft take rate was 82.2%. When hearing improvement was the main indication for surgery it was improved in 67%. The use, or not, of an antibiotic had no significant influence on the graft take rate or the complication rate. Most complications reported were minor in nature.
authors.affiliation: Comparative Audit Service, Royal College of Surgeons of England, London, UK.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kotecha
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fowler
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Topham
mesh_terms: D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006309:Hearing / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008485:Medical Audit; D009225:Myringoplasty / Q000379:methods*; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011446:Prospective Studies