Paediatric tympanoplasty: comparative study between patients aged 5-8 years and those aged over 14 years.
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate and analyse the success rate of tympanoplasty type I in paediatric patients aged 5 to 8 years compared to a control group (patients aged over 14 years).


METHODS
In this prospective study, 60 patients (of either sex) with chronic suppurative otitis media inactive mucosal disease were divided into 2 groups (30 in each): group A comprised paediatric patients aged 5-8 years and group B consisted of older individuals aged over 14 years. All patients underwent tympanoplasty type I with an underlay technique using a temporalis fascia graft.


RESULTS
Impressive surgical success rates of 87 and 90 per cent were recorded in groups A and B, respectively. Furthermore, audiological success rates of 69 and 78 per cent were achieved in groups A and B respectively. Statistical analysis of the data revealed that eustachian tube function had no impact on the outcome of tympanoplasty.


CONCLUSIONS
Tympanoplasty type I performed in children aged five to eight years gives comparable results to those of older individuals.
Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery,Lady Hardinge Medical College and Associated Hospitals,New Delhi,India.
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Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery,Lady Hardinge Medical College and Associated Hospitals,New Delhi,India.
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Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery,Baba Saheb Ambedkar Medical College and Hospital,New Delhi,India.
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Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery,Lady Hardinge Medical College and Associated Hospitals,New Delhi,India.
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Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery,Employees' State Insurance Hospital,New Delhi,India.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005205:Fascia / Q000637:transplantation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009225:Myringoplasty / Q000379:methods*; D010035:Otitis Media, Suppurative / Q000601:surgery*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome
Otitis Media; Pediatrics; Tympanoplasty