[Two terms tympanoplasty in chronic suppurative otitis media].
OBJECTIVE
To explore the clinical manifestations and therapeutic effects of treating chronic suppurative otitis media with two terms tympanoplasty.


METHODS
36 patients were retrospectively analyzed. The criterions of success are air room in middle ear, intact eardrum and decrease of A-B gape in audiometry.


RESULTS
32 cases of all patients got successful effects, 4 cases failed. The main cause of failure is to fail forming air room in middle ear.


CONCLUSIONS
The two term's tympanoplasty can save the residual hearing in most patient. But it is difficult to get successful result if more mucous membrane in the middle ear disappeared.
Li
K
K
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Shanghai First People's Hospital, Shanghai 200080.
Shen
J
J
Zhu
J
J
Yu
Z
Z
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D018424:Cholesteatoma, Middle Ear / Q000601:surgery*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010035:Otitis Media, Suppurative / Q000601:surgery*; D014433:Tympanoplasty / Q000379:methods*