ENDOSCOPIC TRANSCANAL PALISADE CARTILAGE MYRINGOPLASTY TECHNIQUE: EARLY FINDINGS

¹Liv Hospital, Kulak Burun Boğaz, Ankara, Turkey Purpose of this study was to decrease the morbidity of cartilage palisade myringoplasty by using otoendoscopy for different sized perforations. In total, 32 patients were enrolled in this study operated between March 2015 and December 2017. All the patients were operated through a transcanal approach with endoscope to decrease postoperative morbidity. Perichondrium on both sides of the cartilage palisades and some connective tissue were preserved to increase the viability of the cartilages. Endoscopes provide good exposure of the TM, without canalplasty. Graft success was observed in 30 patients (%93.7). There was a significant change of air-bone gap (p< 0.001). Mean Air Bone Gap (ABG) values decreased postoperatively, and this decrease was statistically significant (p<0.001). Endoscopic transcanal myringoplasty technique has excellent success rates and low morbidity. Keywords : Myringoplasty, palisade, endoscopic