title: A clinical comparison of outpatient and standard myringoplasty.
abstract: This prospective study compared the surgical outcomes of 35 patients who underwent myringoplasty--16 who were treated as outpatients and 19 who were admitted as inpatients. The outpatient technique involved a free skin graft, with the temporalis fascia placed as an underlay graft. The inpatients underwent the standard myringoplasty procedure. Postoperatively, 14 of the 16 outpatients (87.5%) and 17 of the 19 inpatients (89.5%) were completely healed within 2 weeks. The results of this study indicate that outpatient myringoplasty with a free skin graft is as safe and effective as standard myringoplasty for most patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand. waiphot@alpha.tu.ac.th
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chanvimalueng
mesh_terms: D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009225:Myringoplasty / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018058:Tympanic Membrane Perforation / Q000601:surgery*; D014945:Wound Healing