title: Tympanoplasty in pediatric patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study is to analyze the clinical features and follow-up of a series of pediatric patients with chronic otitis media undergoing tymponaplasty surgery and to identify the effect of the factors on the course.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty-one children (mean age 15.1+/-2.62 years, range from 8 to 16 years) who had undergone tympanoplasty with or without ossicular reconstruction were evaluated. Age, gender, size and site of perforation, status of operated ear (dry/discharging), status of the contralateral ear, underlying cause of the perforations, surgical technique, preoperative and postoperative hearing levels, average postoperative follow-up time, and postoperative complications were recorded.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Myringoplasty in 28 patients (68.3%), incus interposition in 7 patients (17.1%), partial ossicular replacement prostheses in 4 patients (9.7%) and total ossicular replacement prostheses in 2 patients (4.9%) were performed. In the 37 (90.2%) of patients, intact graft was determined during postoperative follow-up. Surgical success including intact graft and postoperative air-bone gap of less than 25 dB were obtained in 34 (82.9%) cases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The present study suggested that tympanoplasty was a quite successful method in the appropriate pediatric patients between the ages of 8 and 16 years. In the preoperative evaluation for surgery success, some factors, such as dry middle ear, healthy contralateral ear and concordant to postoperative care should be considered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Meram Medical Faculty, Selçuk University, Konya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Yavuz
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Uyar
authors.forename: Bahar
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Keleş
authors.forename: Sema
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koç
authors.forename: Kayhan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oztürk
authors.forename: Hamdi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Arbağ
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011182:Postoperative Care; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018058:Tympanic Membrane Perforation / Q000601:surgery; D014433:Tympanoplasty / Q000379:methods*