title: Ten years' experience with Felix tympanoplasty: analysis of anatomical and functional results.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This paper presents our 10 years' experience with Felix tympanoplasty. This surgical procedure is designed to repair large perforations of unhealthy tympanic membranes, providing good graft stability without blunting of the anterior tympanomeatal angle.
  
  
  METHODS
  From January 2001 to December 2011, 64 Felix tympanoplasties were performed, conducted as the only surgical procedure. This paper describes the surgical technique and analyses the functional results.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Graft take was achieved in 61 ears (95.31 per cent). There was air-bone gap improvement in 84.6 per cent of cases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Felix tympanoplasty was effective in repairing unhealthy tympanic membranes with large perforations; the avoidance of blunting at the anterior tympanomeatal angle achieved good functional results.
authors.affiliation: Otorhinolaryngology Department,Ospedale Santissima Annunziata,Savigliano,Azienda Sanitaria Locale CN1,Italy.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Castelli
authors.affiliation: Otorhinolaryngology Department,Ospedale Santa Croce,Cuneo,Italy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vitiello
authors.affiliation: Otorhinolaryngology Department,Ospedale Santa Croce,Cuneo,Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ponzo
authors.affiliation: Unit of Clinical Epidemiology,Town of Health and Science,and Piedmont Reference Centre for Epidemiology and Cancer Prevention,Turin,Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Evangelista
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009225:Myringoplasty / Q000379:methods; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018058:Tympanic Membrane Perforation / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: Myringoplasty; Otitis Media; Otologic Surgical Procedures; Tympanic Membrane