title: Endoscopic cartilage tympanoplasty in chronic otitis media.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The use of endoscopic techniques is becoming more widespread in otological and neuro-otological surgery. One such procedure, endoscopic tympanoplasty, is used in chronic otitis media treatment. This study aimed to analyse the results of endoscopic transcanal cartilage tympanoplasty.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data of tubotympanic chronic otitis media patients who underwent transcanal endoscopic type I cartilage tympanoplasty between June 2012 and May 2013 were analysed. The main outcome measures were graft success and hearing improvement.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Graft success rates were 94.3 per cent and 92.5 per cent at post-operative months one and six, respectively. Post-operative air-bone gap values were significantly improved over pre-operative values (p < 0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Transcanal endoscopic type I cartilage tympanoplasty is a minimally invasive, effective and reliable surgical treatment option for chronic otitis media.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology,Medical Faculty,Recep Tayyip Erdogan University,Rize,Turkey.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Özgür
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology,Medical Faculty,Recep Tayyip Erdogan University,Rize,Turkey.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dursun
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology,Medical Faculty,Recep Tayyip Erdogan University,Rize,Turkey.
authors.forename: Ö Ç
authors.initials: ÖÇ
authors.lastname: Erdivanli
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology,Medical Faculty,Recep Tayyip Erdogan University,Rize,Turkey.
authors.forename: Z Ö
authors.initials: ZÖ
authors.lastname: Coşkun
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology,Medical Faculty,Recep Tayyip Erdogan University,Rize,Turkey.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Terzi
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology,Medical Faculty,Recep Tayyip Erdogan University,Rize,Turkey.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Emiroğlu
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology,Medical Faculty,Recep Tayyip Erdogan University,Rize,Turkey.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Demirci
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001299:Audiometry; D002356:Cartilage / Q000637:transplantation*; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D057605:Natural Orifice Endoscopic Surgery / Q000379:methods; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000601:surgery*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014433:Tympanoplasty / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Cartilage; Otitis Media; Otologic Surgical Procedures; Tympanoplasty