title: Effectiveness of transperforation myringoplasty in bilateral chronic otitis media patients undergoing contralateral tympanoplasty.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Bilateral tympanic membrane perforation closure is usually performed by otosurgeons in two sittings. However, in this study, transperforation myringoplasty was performed alongside contralateral tympanoplasty in a single sitting. The effectiveness of transperforation myringoplasty procedure and the benefits of single sitting bilateral surgery were evaluated.
  
  
  METHODS
  A prospective study of 50 selected patients with mucosal-type bilateral chronic otitis media was conducted. All patients underwent transperforation myringoplasty on the side that met the inclusion criteria and tympanoplasty on the contralateral side. Graft uptake and hearing improvement were evaluated after 6 months.
  
  
  RESULTS
  At the 6-month follow up, the graft uptake rate was 82 per cent, the hearing gain was 11.5 dB and the air-bone gap gain was 11.6 dB.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This procedure offers perforation closure in a single sitting to patients with bilateral chronic otitis media who meet the inclusion criteria.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery,Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute,Thrissur,India.
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Ihsan
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery,Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute,Thrissur,India.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ranjana
mesh_terms: D001299:Audiometry; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D009225:Myringoplasty / Q000379:methods; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000601:surgery*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018058:Tympanic Membrane Perforation / Q000601:surgery; D014433:Tympanoplasty / Q000379:methods
keywords: Myringoplasty; Tympanic Membrane Perforation; Tympanoplasty