Tympanoplasty

Surgical reconstruction of the hearing mechanism of the middle ear, with restoration of the drum membrane to protect the round window from sound pressure, and establishment of ossicular continuity between the tympanic membrane and the oval window. (Dorland, 28th ed.)

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Networked: 1240 relevant articles (75 outcomes, 152 trials/studies)

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Therapy Context: Research Results

Experts

1.	Sakagami, Masafumi: 9 articles (01/2017 - 01/2004)
2.	Presutti, Livio: 8 articles (01/2022 - 02/2010)
3.	Marchioni, Daniele: 8 articles (12/2020 - 02/2010)
4.	Alicandri-Ciufelli, Matteo: 7 articles (01/2022 - 02/2010)
5.	Iino, Yukiko: 6 articles (10/2022 - 08/2004)
6.	Hinohira, Yasuyuki: 6 articles (03/2018 - 07/2002)
7.	Yanagihara, Naoaki: 6 articles (03/2018 - 07/2002)
8.	Dornhoffer, John L: 6 articles (12/2016 - 05/2002)
9.	Zarowski, Andrzej: 5 articles (01/2022 - 09/2015)
10.	Yamasoba, Tatsuya: 5 articles (12/2018 - 07/2014)

Related Diseases

1.	Otitis Media 10/01/2007 - "Tympanoplasty, with or without mastoidectomy, is highly effective for treatment of chronic otitis media in children." 07/01/2014 - "The use of ossicular graft material in ossicular chain reconstruction has significantly improved hearing results hearing after tympanoplasty and tympanomastoid surgery for chronic otitis media. " 12/01/1998 - "Improvement in hearing after the operation was observed in 90% of the cases and the improvement was relatively high compared with tympanoplasty for chronic otitis media." 10/01/2019 - "Tympanoplasty combined with fascia grafting catheterization is effective in the treatment of adhesive otitis media." 09/01/2012 - "Tympanoplasty has been the mainstay of treatment in chronic otitis media. "
2.	Cholesteatoma 01/01/2004 - "The best treatment results in children cholesteatoma are obtained in early clinical stage and with open tympanoplasty procedure." 11/01/2012 - "The technique is very helpful in differential diagnosis of cholesteatoma, mainly after canal wall-up tympanoplasty surgery, to avoid routine second-look surgery in these patients. " 03/01/1995 - "In 12 operations, lateral graft tympanoplasty eradicated the cholesteatoma in one stage; 32 patients required a second-stage surgery to rule out recurrence, and the remaining 16 cases required three or more operations to eradicate disease and reconstruct the hearing mechanism. " 01/01/1983 - "The 3A-scopy was effective in postoperative observations of the cavity which had undergone intact canal wall tympanoplasty, especially in the diagnosis of recurrent or residual cholesteatoma and in the observation of the postoperative cavity in the cases with long-standing discharge." 08/01/2023 - "To investigate safety and efficacy of mastoid obliteration in canal-wall-down tympanoplasty performed for cholesteatoma using bioactive glass (BAG). "
3.	Suppurative Otitis Media 12/01/2016 - "This study showed that Type 1 tympanoplasty brings about a significant improvement in the quality of life of chronic suppurative otitis media patients. " 11/01/2019 - "The use of temporalis fascia along with conchal cartilage graft is beneficial for patients with chronic suppurative otitis media (tubotympanic type) undergoing type I tympanoplasty than using temporalis fascia alone." 12/01/2014 - "This study found primary tympanoplasty effective in improving hearing results in adults with chronic suppurative otitis media even in those with advanced ossicular lesions. " 02/01/2023 - "Objective:To summarize the clinical characteristics of elderly patients with chronic suppurative otitis media who underwent type Ⅰ tympanoplasty, and to analyze for the first time the efficacy of type Ⅰtympanoplasty in elderly patients from multiple perspectives of medical data and patient evaluation, so as to provide reference for doctors and patients to make rational decisions on treatment methods. " 07/01/2019 - "Conclusion  Conchal cartilage interposition graft effectively improved hearing when used for the reconstruction of the incudostapedial joint during tympanoplasty in patients of chronic suppurative otitis media."
4.	Tympanic Membrane Perforation 12/01/2016 - "In patients with central tympanic membrane perforation, tympanoplasty surgery with temporal fascia is beneficial in terms of hearing recovery." 01/01/2019 - "Incidence of persistent tympanic membrane perforation (n = 1) was 1.4% CONCLUSIONS: Cartilage-buttressed T-tube tympanoplasty is a safe and effective means of accomplishing long-term middle ear ventilation with a considerably lower rate of persistent tympanic membrane perforation as compared to alternative methods of prolonged middle ear ventilation. " 09/01/2023 - "Objectives: To evaluate and compare the success rate of Type-1 interlay tympanoplasty in large tympanic membrane perforation with or without cortical mastoidectomy in terms of graft take-up rate and improvement in hearing outcomes. " 01/01/2019 - "To report on the safety and efficacy of cartilage-buttressed T-tube tympanoplasty for long-term middle ear ventilation, specifically by examining duration of tube survival, as well as adverse events associated with prolonged middle ear intubation, including persistent tympanic membrane perforation. " 08/01/2022 - "All the patient reporting to ENT OPD with tympanic membrane perforation who are fit for surgery were advised tympanoplasty or tympanoplasty with mastoidectomy were included in the study. "
5.	Hearing Loss (Hearing Impairment) 07/01/1993 - "Though the type I cases had more hearing gains than the type III cases, those with moderate contralateral hearing loss had good results from the type III tympanoplasty. " 08/01/2022 - "This study mainly focus on hearing loss pattern in CSOM patients undergoing tympanoplasty surgery or tympanomastoidectomy pre-operatively and analysis of the outcome of the surgery in terms of improvement in hearing (air-bone gap) after 3 months of the surgery. " 01/01/2019 - "Two months after the procedure, symptoms of hearing loss had not improved, and she underwent left tympanoplasty and mastoidectomy. " 08/01/2017 - "Exploratory tympanotomies revealed anomalies of the long process of the incus in the proband and her daughter, and tympanoplasty improved hearing loss in both patients. " 08/01/2022 - "All patients underwent tympanoplasty for mucosal type of COM with hearing loss. "

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4.	Thymidine Monophosphate (TMP)
5.	tandospirone
6.	N 30
7.	Titanium
8.	Ondansetron (Zofran)
9.	Dexamethasone (Maxidex)
10.	Durapatite (Hydroxylapatite)

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