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Myringoplasty : A Simple Procedure for Out-Patients

Supiyaphun P , Kerekhanjanarong V

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Supiyaphun P, Kerekhanjanarong V. Myringoplasty : A Simple Procedure for Out-Patients. J Med Assoc Thai 1999;82:1220.

The standard treatment of tympanic membrane perforation is myringoplasty. We describe
a new myringoplasty technique requiring only a partial removal of skin on the ear drum remnant
followed by lateral placing of fascia and free skin graft. The overall cure rate in our series is 97
per cent. The hearing gains for the overall cases are 13.9 dB (p

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