title: How we do it: free conchal cartilage revisited for primary reconstruction of attic defects in combined approach tympanoplasty.
abstract: Keypoints * There are concerns over the efficacy of free cartilage autografts in attic reconstruction (scutumplasty) for combined approach tympanoplasty (CAT). * Our operative technique uses free conchal cartilage autografts and an additional piece of conchal cartilage to buttress the reconstruction. * Of the 16 cases where this technique was used, there were two cases (13%) of failure of the attic reconstruction and a keratin pearl (residual disease) in one case (6%). This compares favourably with comparable series using a variety of reconstruction techniques.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Koury
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Faris
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Quinn
mesh_terms: D018424:Cholesteatoma, Middle Ear / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014420:Turbinates / Q000637:transplantation*; D014433:Tympanoplasty / Q000379:methods*