| Abstrakt: |
Objective: To compare the graft success rates and hearing gains of patients who underwent endoscopic and microscopic tympanoplasty. Methods: A total of 90 patients, 45 patients who underwent endoscopic tympanoplasty and 45 patients who underwent microscopic tympanoplasty between 2014 and 2019, were included in the study. Patients' age, gender, operation side, perforation location, graft material type, graft placement type, preoperative, and postoperative audiological findings and graft success were compared in the two groups. Results: There was no significant difference between the two groups in terms of age, gender, operation side, perforation location and the way the graft was placed (p>0.05). There was a difference between the two groups in terms of the graft material used. The mean hearing gain was found statistically significant in the audiological evaluations performed before and after the operation in both groups (p<0.001), but there was no difference between the groups (p=0.222). When the graft success rates were compared between the two groups, no statistically significant difference was found (p=0.748). Conclusion: There is no difference between endoscopic tympanoplasty and microscopic tympanoplasty operations in terms of graft success rates and hearing gain. Both methods are effective and safe methods to use in chronic otitis media surgery. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
