MYRINGOPLASTY: SURGICAL OUTCOME AND HEARING IMPROVEMENT IN TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

Abstract

Myringoplasty is one of the commonly performed otologic surgery. Myringoplasty is surgical repair of the tympanic membrane. There are various indications for the myringoplasty, mostly to stop recurrent otorrhea, improve hearing and for social reasons. The aim of our study was to evaluate surgical outcome of myringoplasty in terms of graft uptake and hearing improvement in tertiary care hospital. METHODS: It is a prospective observational study conducted in tertiary care hospital from June 2022 to December 2022. All patients underwent underlay myringoplasty under local anesthesia by single surgeon. The preoperative PTA of patients were compared with postoperative PTA. ABG closure was also calculated. Graft take-up was evaluated at 1 and 3 months. RESULTS: The 96 patients underwent myringoplasty of which 52% were females and 48% were males with mean age of 39.5 years. The graft uptake rate was 97% and average improvement in AC after surgery was 10dB. The average ABG closure after surgery was 8db at 3 months. CONCLUSION: Myringoplasty is a safe otologic surgical procedure which helps the patients to have a dry ear and improve hearing. Myringoplasty have shown high success rate in terms of graft uptake, AC improvement and ABG closure in tertiary care center.