BACKGROUND Myringoplasty is the surgical repair of tympanic membrane. Most commonly used techniques are onlay and inlay. Common graft materials include temporalis fascia and tragal perichondrium. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this present retrospective study involving 60 patients with 30 each in onlay and inlay group who underwent myringoplasty by transmeatal approach using tragal perichondrial graft. RESULTS We found success rate of 90% in onlay and 93.3% in inlay method, difference of which was not statistically significant. Degree of hearing improvement was 15.95 dB for onlay group and 16.48 in inlay group and the difference was again not significant. CONCLUSION The only advantage of onlay procedure was consumption of little less amount of time. Apart from that, we concluded that none of these methods are superior to other.
BACKGROUNDMyringoplasty is the surgical method of repairing perforated tympanic membrane. Among the different techniques used, onlay and underlay are widely practised. Autologous graft materials temporalis fascia, tragal perichondrium, cartilages, fascia lata are useful. Aims and Objectives-To compare temporalis fascia and tragal perichondrium graft in term of graft uptake rate and improvement of hearing.
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