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Vol. 64. Issue 2.
Pages 87-91 (March - April 2013)
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Vol. 64. Issue 2.
Pages 87-91 (March - April 2013)
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Myringoplasties in Children: Our Results
Miringoplastias en niños: nuestros resultados
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Olalla Castro
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olallacastro82@hotmail.com

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, Adela María Pérez-Carro, Ignacio Ibarra, Miriam Hamdan, J. Manuel Meléndez, Ana Araujo, Gumersindo Espiña
Servicio de Otorrinolaringología, Hospital Xeral-Cíes (CHUVI), Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain
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Table 1. Success Rate According to Age.
Table 2. Closure of Perforations Reported by Different Authors Following Myringoplasty in Patients of Paediatric Age.
Table 3. Closure of Perforations Reported by Different Authors following Myringoplasty in Adult Patients.
Table 4. Results of Hearing Improvement Percentage According to Different Authors.
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Abstract
Introduction and objectives

Myringoplasty, one of the most frequent surgical techniques in otology, is the repair of tympanic membrane when the ear has only a perforation without any ossicular damage. The main objective of our work was to study the outcome of myringoplasty in patients less than 15 years of age. We also reviewed the existence of prognostic factors, such as Eustachian tube functionality, surgical technique and the hearing outcome after surgery.

Method

We present a retrospective study (1994–2010) with a total of 81 children (under 14 years of age) who had undergone myringoplasty during that period of time. For these children, we analysed age, sex, technique, approach, type of graft, type of perforation, anaesthesia, hearing gain and perforation closure. We correlated these variables with the success of the surgery.

Results

The percentage of closure was 84% (n=68). The techniques used were underlay in 79.01% (n=64), overlay in 11.11% (n=9) and sandwich in 9.87% (n=8). The percentage of patients with hearing improvement was 88.40% (n=61).

Conclusion

Myringoplasty is a surgical technique that offers good anatomical and functional results in children. We did not find prognostic factors in our study. We found postoperative improvement of hearing but it was not statistically significant.

Keywords:
Myringoplasty
Tympanic perforation
Paediatric age
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Introducción y objetivos

La miringoplastia es una de las intervenciones más frecuentes en otología. Consiste en la reparación de la membrana timpánica cuando la única lesión existente es una perforación y la cadena de huesecillos está íntegra. El objetivo principal de nuestro trabajo es estudiar el resultado de la miringoplastia en pacientes menores de 15 años. También analizar la existencia de factores pronósticos asociados, como la funcionalidad de la trompa de Eustaquio, técnica quirúrgica empleada y resultado auditivo tras la cirugía.

Métodos

Realizamos un estudio retrospectivo desde el año 1994 hasta el 2010 de un total de 81 niños menores de 15 años intervenidos de miringoplastia. Analizamos los siguientes datos: edad, sexo, técnica empleada, abordaje y tipo de injerto, tipo de perforación, tipo de anestesia, ganancia auditiva y cierre de la perforación. Correlacionamos dichas variables con el éxito de la cirugía.

Resultados

El porcentaje de cierre de perforación fue de 84% (n=68). Las técnicas utilizadas fueron medial en el 79,01% (n=64), lateral 11,11% (n=9) y “sándwich” 9,87% (n=8). El porcentaje de casos que presentan ganancia auditiva tras la intervención fue de 88,40% (n=61).

Conclusión

La miringoplastia es una técnica quirúrgica que ofrece buenos resultados anatómicos y funcionales en niños. No encontramos en nuestro estudio ningún factor pronóstico asociado. Encontramos mejoría auditiva post- operatoria aunque no significativa.

Palabras clave:
Miringoplastia
Perforación timpánica
Edad pediátrica

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