Effectiveness of nonsurgical office closure of tympanic membrane pars tensa perforations.

We report on our experience with nonsurgical office closure of tympanic membrane pars tensa perforations with the little-used but well-established Derlacki method, a procedure that had been in general use before the introduction of tympanoplasty more than a half century ago. We describe our results--including a success rate of 84.2%--in treating 81 perforations during the 6-year span from 1996 through 2001.