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To study long-term complications after ossiculoplasty. Case series with chart review. Tertiary care referral center otology practice. One hundred ninety-five patients (18-88 yr of age) undergoing ossiculoplasty with tympanoplasty or tympanomastoidectomy using cartilage tympanic membrane grafts,

OBJECTIVE Identify risk factors associated with failures in myringoplasty. METHODS 290 cases were reviewed in the period of july 1997 to march 1999. An analysis of cases and controls was performed. RESULTS The 290 myringoplasties were analyzed. The minimum period of follow-up was: 6 months. The

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the use of porcine small intestinal submucosal grafts for tympanic membrane repair. METHODS Adult and pediatric patients with tympanic membrane perforations with and without chronic otitits media, and perforations after removal of cholesteatoma. METHODS Endoscopic or

OBJECTIVE To evaluate long-term results of retrograde mastoidectomy with canal wall reconstruction as a single-stage technique for cholesteatoma removal. METHODS Retrospective case review. METHODS Tertiary referral center. METHODS Forty-six patients, representing 50 ears (20 pediatric and 30 adult),

The retrograde mastoidectomy technique with canal wall reconstruction is described as a primary treatment for modality for cholesteatoma. This synthesis of canal wall up (CWU) and canal wall down (CWD) techniques involves removal of a portion of the canal wall for exposure and extirpation of the