title: Ten top considerations in pediatric tympanoplasty.
abstract: Tympanoplasty in children poses some different challenges from the same procedure in adults. The aim of the current article is to review 10 important considerations in pediatric tympanoplasty that focus on these differences and help to optimize the chance of successful outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. adr.james@utoronto.ca
authors.forename: Adrian L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: James
authors.forename: Blake C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Papsin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D000075202:Contraindications; D019465:Craniofacial Abnormalities / Q000150:complications; D003657:Decision Making; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000209:etiology; D006304:Health Status; D046088:Hearing Loss, Unilateral / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018058:Tympanic Membrane Perforation / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014433:Tympanoplasty / Q000379:methods*