Comparative Study Between Single Layer and Double Layer Graft Technique in Tympanoplasty for Subtotal Tympanic Membrane Perforation

Ahmed Abdel Rahman Abdel Aziz; Montaser Abdel Salam Hafez; Ashraf Gamal Mahmoud; AbdelMoneim H Hamad

doi:10.1055/s-0043-1761174

Comparative Study Between Single Layer and Double Layer Graft Technique in Tympanoplasty for Subtotal Tympanic Membrane Perforation

Int Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2023 Mar 3;27(4):e667-e671. doi: 10.1055/s-0043-1761174. eCollection 2023 Oct.

Authors

Ahmed Abdel Rahman Abdel Aziz¹, Montaser Abdel Salam Hafez¹, Ashraf Gamal Mahmoud¹, AbdelMoneim H Hamad¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, El Minia university, Egypt.

Abstract

Introduction Tympanoplasty is the main treatment of mucosal type of chronic suppurative otitis media. Objective The aim of the present study was to compare clinical outcomes in terms of healing and audiological outcomes of two groups. The authors used single layer graft (perichondrium with cartilage island) graft in one group and double layer grafts (perichondrium cartilage island composite plus temporalis fascia) were used in the second group. Methods Forty patients complained of chronic suppurative otitis media safe type with subtotal perforation subdivided into two groups. The first group author used single-layer perichondrium with cartilage island graft (composite graft) while in the second group authors used double graft in the form of perichondrium/cartilage island (composite graft) plus temporalis fascia. Results There was no significant difference in the mean Air bone gap (ABG) between pre- and post-operative audiometry in subjects who had single layer tympanoplasty. There was a significant difference in the mean ABG between pre- and postoperative audiometry in subjects who had double layer tympanoplasty. There was a significant difference in in the mean ABG differences between subjects who had single layer tympanoplasty and double layer tympanoplasty. Also, there was a significant difference in the healing of the tympanic membrane between subjects who had single layer tympanoplasty and double layer tympanoplasty. Conclusion Tympanoplasty by double graft (temporalis fascia and tragal cartilage/perichondrium) achieved a considerable improvement in healing of the tympanic membrane ™ with lower risk for residual perforation or graft rejection.

Keywords: ear diseases; hearing disorders; otitis media.

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