title: Surgical success of boomerang-shaped chondroperichondrial graft in pediatric chronic otitis media cases.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To reveal the success of boomerang-shaped chondroperichondrial graft (BSCPG) in pediatric chronic otitis media cases.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 43 pediatric patients (age 7-16 years) who had undergone type 1 tympanoplasty with the diagnosis of chronic otitis media between March 2010 and March 2013 were included in this retrospective study. The main outcome measures were the graft success rate and level of hearing improvement.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Graft intake success rate was 90.7%. Mean preoperative and postoperative air-bone gap values were 20.51 ± 4.34 dB SPL and 9.32 ± 5.64 dB SPL, respectively (p < 0.001). Mean preoperative and postoperative pure tone average values were 28.6 ± 3.52 and 12.24 ± 5.22 respectively (p < 0.001). Air-bone gap was improved to ≤ 10 dB in 38 (88.37%) patients during the postoperative period.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Boomerang-shaped chondroperichondrial grafting technique seems to be a successful alternative in the management of pediatric chronic otitis media cases. It has relatively higher grade graft success rate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Harran University, Sanliurfa, Turkey. Electronic address: dundarkbb2@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Riza
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dundar
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Mardin State Hospital, Mardin, Turkey.
authors.forename: Erkan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kulduk
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Mardin State Hospital, Mardin, Turkey.
authors.forename: Fatih Kemal
authors.initials: FK
authors.lastname: Soy
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Mardin State Hospital, Mardin, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aslan
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Harran University, Sanliurfa, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yukkaldiran
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Harran University, Sanliurfa, Turkey.
authors.forename: Osman Kadir
authors.initials: OK
authors.lastname: Guler
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Adnan Menderes University, Aydin, Turkey.
authors.forename: Can
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ozbay
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001844:Bone Conduction; D002356:Cartilage / Q000637:transplantation*; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014433:Tympanoplasty
keywords: Chondroperichondrial graft; Chronic suppurative otitis media; Tympanoplasty