COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN HEARING OUTCOME OF TEMPORALIS FASCIA VERSUS TRAGAL CARTILAGE GRAFT IN TYPE 1 TYMPANOPLASTY

Abstract

Introduction: Chronic suppurative otitis media is highly prevalent middle ear disease. Different 
graft materials have been used for repair of tympanic membrane perforation by different surgeons 
in their own choice with variable outcomes. To the best  of our knowledge there is no protocol
based study conducted in our country regarding reinforcement cartilage tympanoplasty. This 
study had compared the hearing outcome o temporalis fascia versus Tragal cartilage graft in Type 
1 Tympanoplasty. 
Material and Method: The present study was conducted among 50 patients of chronic 
suppurative otitis media (CSOM), admitted for      
tympanoplasty and were randomized into 2 
groups of  25 patients in each group, group A and group B, to be reconstructed using temporalis 
fascia or tragal cartilage- perichondrium graft respectively.