title: [The selection of tympanoplastic type in treating chronic suppurative otitis media].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the effect of different type of tympanoplasty on chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM).
  
  
  METHODS
  Myringoplasty, focuses clearance and myringoplasty, focuses clearance and ossiculoplasty and myringoplasty were performed in 189 cases of CSOM.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The cure rate of perforation of tympanic membrane with myringoplasty was above 99% accompanied by the varying improvement in acoustic sensibility.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Different types of tympanoplasty should be used according to the CSOM. The slighter the pathological changes of CSOM, the more the hearing improve. The better effects was in tympanoplasty of simple type. The tympanic exploration is necessary to be included in tympanoplasty.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, East Hospital, Shanghai 200120.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009225:Myringoplasty; D010035:Otitis Media, Suppurative / Q000601:surgery*; D014433:Tympanoplasty / Q000379:methods*