Reconstruction of ear canal wall with superior pedicled composite multi-fractured osteoperiosteal flap: a new technique and preliminary outcomes
- Resource Type
- Authors
- A Özgür; Dursun Mehmet Mehel; Doğukan Özdemir; Tuğba Yemiş; Gökhan Akgül; Nesrettin Fatih Turgut; Mehmet Çelebi
- Source
- The Journal of Laryngology & Otology. 135:1105-1108
- Subject
- Novel technique
medicine.medical_specialty
Modified radical mastoidectomy
business.industry
medicine.medical_treatment
Cholesteatoma
Mastoidectomy
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Surgery
Auditory canal
medicine.anatomical_structure
Otorhinolaryngology
Hearing results
medicine
In patient
Ear canal
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 1748-5460
0022-2151
ObjectiveThis study evaluated the functional results of the superior pedicled composite multi-fractured osteoperiosteal flap technique. This method is a novel technique for the reconstruction of the external auditory canal. The study also examined the effect of the superior pedicled composite multi-fractured osteoperiosteal flap technique on patients’ disease-related quality of life.MethodA total of 37 patients who underwent the superior pedicled composite multi-fractured osteoperiosteal flap technique were enrolled in the study. Their functional hearing results and disease-related quality of life scores were evaluated.ResultsA significant improvement was observed in the patients’ hearing scores at the post-operative sixth month relative to the pre-operative period, and the patients’ disease-related quality of life increased significantly.ConclusionThe superior pedicled composite multi-fractured osteoperiosteal flap method can be safely used, especially in patients undergoing retrograde mastoidectomy because of limited cholesteatoma. This method contributes to improving patients’ hearing levels and disease-related quality of life.