Abstract
ObjectivesTo reveal the success of boomerang-shaped chondroperichondrial graft (BSCPG) in pediatric chronic otitis media cases. MethodsA total of 43 pediatric patients (age 7–16 years) who had undergone type 1 tympanoplasty with the diagnosis of chronic otitis media between March 2010 and March 2013 were included in this retrospective study. The main outcome measures were the graft success rate and level of hearing improvement. ResultsGraft intake success rate was 90.7%. Mean preoperative and postoperative air-bone gap values were 20.51±4.34dB SPL and 9.32±5.64dB SPL, respectively (p<0.001). Mean preoperative and postoperative pure tone average values were 28.6±3.52 and 12.24±5.22 respectively (p<0.001). Air-bone gap was improved to ≤10dB in 38 (88.37%) patients during the postoperative period. ConclusionsBoomerang-shaped chondroperichondrial grafting technique seems to be a successful alternative in the management of pediatric chronic otitis media cases. It has relatively higher grade graft success rate.
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