A comparison of endoscopic and microscopic techniques for the repair of tympanic membrane perforations

Objective: This study aims to compare endoscopic and microscopic tympanoplasty in terms of graft success rate and hearing gain. Methods: Medical records of 236 patients (99 females and 137 males) aged 18 to 74 years with chronic otitis media who underwent myringoplasty, between January 2014 and June 2017 were retrospectively compared. Patients were divided into two groups; microscopic myringoplasty (140 patients), endoscopic myringoplasty (96 patients). Demographic data, pure tone audiometric results preoperatively and 6 months postoperatively, operation time, hearing gain and graft success rate were evaluated. Results: The mean operation time was 57.8±9.6 minutes for the endoscopic group and 78.6±17.7 minutes for the microscopic group (p

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