08:44 AM: TYPE III Cartilage Shield Tympanoplasty: Hearing Results

Abstract

ated. Over three years after the second-stage operation, the microscopic otoscopy revealed no recurrence. A shallow pocket in 4 cases and a deep pocket with no debris in 2 cases were seen. CONCLUSIONS: This incidence of postoperative pocket (6/ 69: 8.7%) is statistically smaller than the team's previous data (41/134: 30.6%, pϽ0.05) in 1993. The conclusion is that the latest improvement of a SCUT is appropriate for prevention of cholesteatoma recurrence at the moment.