title: [Myringoplasty: our results].
abstract: Tympanoplasty is the surgical technique used to restore the anatomy and function of the middle ear. The tympanoplasty type I or myringoplasty is performed when the ear only has a perforation of the tympanic membrane without any ossicular damage. We present a retrospective study started in 1997 and finished in 2000 with a total of 118 cases who had undergone a myringoplasty along this period of time. The percentage of closure was 85.59% (n = 101). The techniques used were underlay in a 60.16% of the patients (n = 71), overlay in 34.74% (n = 41) and sandwich in 5.08% (n = 6). In the paediatric patients (under 14 years of age) the percentage of a successful graft following surgery was 88% and in the adults 83.87%. More than fifty years have passed. Since Zöllner and Wullstein described for the first time this type of surgery important because of its good results.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Xeral-Cíes. C/Pizarro, 22, 36204 Vigo, Pontevedra.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pérez-Carro Ríos
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Fariña Conde
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ibarra Urbieta
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: González Guijarro
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Clemente García
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002648:Child; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009225:Myringoplasty / Q000379:methods; D012189:Retrospective Studies