Cartilage Tympanoplasty: A Review on Its Postoperative Outcomes on Hearing.

Cartilage graft tympanoplasty has a better success rate in the treatment of chronic otitis media if properly prepared pre-operatively and placed intraoperative. To prepare cartilage graft from tragus and to compare pre-operative and postoperative hearing. 35 patients with chronic otitis media of tubotympanic type, without intra/extra cranial complications disease were made to undergo cartilage tympanoplasty. The study was conducted prospectively. In this technique, patients had an average improvement in hearing up to 10-12 dB. The mean post-operative period follow up was 2-6 months. If cartilage graft is properly prepared and placed, cartilage tympanoplasty appears to provide better success rates and hearing results. © Association of Otolaryngologists of India 2020.