<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> India has world’s fastest growing economy with second largest population in the world. But the health aspects of Indians are neglected even with vast health facilities and resources. Health is an important factor that contributes to well-being and economic growth especially women’s health which must be prioritised but is often ignored. Aims and objectives of the study were to identify the root cause for globus sensation in throat, to assess the percentage of factor causing this symptom and to educate women to eliminate this illusion of foreign body like sensation in the throat.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> All the women who consulted outpatient department with this symptom were evaluated clinically and investigated.  </p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> Anemia topped the list among all the probable causes for globus pharyngeus.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> Proper and adequate nutrition in women is a life-long process and it is important to eliminate the myth about Globus pharyngeus in women.</p>

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> Chronic otitis media is an inflammatory process in the middle ear cleft that poses serious health problem in developing countries. Myringoplasty is a common otological procedure to reconstruct the tympanic membrane to prevent recurrent otorrhea, and restore sound-conducting mechanism. The use of rigid endoscope in transcanal myringoplasty has significant advantage as it provides magnified, close up as well as wide angle view, less morbidity and early postoperative wound healing with better cosmetic results without compromising success rate and postoperative hearing gain. The aims and objectives of the study were to analyze the results of endoscopic transcanal interlay myringoplasty, in terms of graft uptake and hearing improvement in cases of chronic suppurative otitis media with inactive mucosal disease with central perforation.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> This is a prospective study conducted from January 2016 to August 2018 in 30 patients of inactive mucosal chronic otitis media (COM). All patients underwent transcanal endoscopic interlay myringoplasty and patients were called for regular follow up for 12 weeks and results were statistically analysed.  </p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> The graft uptake rate in the present study was found to be 93.33%. Pre operatively mean air bone gap (ABG) was 27.33 dB and post operatively after 12 weeks mean air bone gap improved to 10.5 dB. Mean ABG gain was 16.33%.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> Endoscopic transcanal interlay myringoplasty with superiorly based TM flap is an effective technique over conventional microscopic technique in terms of graft uptake, hearing improvement, better postoperative scar and less morbidity in cases of inactive mucosal COM.</p>

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> Chronic suppurative otitis media is an inflammatory process in the middle ear and is an important health problem in India. Myringoplasty is the most common procedure performed that aims to close the tympanic membrane perforation which is traditionally done with temporalis fascia graft under microscope. Recent studies using the transcanal cartilage “push-through” technique of myringoplasty have demonstrated that it to be very feasible and effective. The aims and objectives of the study was to analyze the results of endoscopic transcanal ‘push-through’ myringoplasty in dry small central perforations in cases of inactive mucosal type of chronic ottitis media.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> This retrospective study was conducted in 16 patients who underwent transcanal endoscopic cartilage ‘push through’ myringoplasty and patients were called for regular follow up for 12 weeks and results were statistically analysed.  </p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> A total of 16 cases were included in the present study. The graft uptake rate in the present study was found to be 93.75%. The mean preoperative air bone gap was 21.76 dB and the mean postoperative air bone gap was reduced to 12.6 dB. The air bone gap was 10 dB or less in 37.5% ears.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> Endoscopic push-through technique of cartilage myringoplasty is an effective, minimally invasive and feasible method and has good success rate in terms of graft uptake as well as hearing gain. It may also represent a first choice approach for small and medium sized tympanic membrane perforations.</p>

Background: Tympanic membrane Perforations primarily results from middle ear infections and myringoplasty is a surgical procedure used to repair the tympanic membrane and to improve hearing. The interlay technique is a newer safe and technique that has shown higher success rates and is considered better than both overlay as well as the underlay techniques. Aims and objectives: To analyze the results of interlay myringoplasty, in terms of graft uptake and hearing improvement in cases of chronic suppurative otitis media with inactive mucosal disease with large central perforation. Materials and Methods: This is a prospective study conducted from August 2015 to January 2018 in 60 patients of chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) with large central perforation. All patients underwent interlay myringoplasty through post aural approach after clinical examination, audiometric tests & routine investigations. Patients were called for regular follow up for 12 weeks. Results: The graft uptake rate in the present study was found to be 93.33%, Pre operatively mean air bone gap was 28.5±6.96 dB and Post operatively after 12 weeks mean air bone gap improved to 15.83±3.37. Conclusion: Interlay myringoplasty with a superiorly based TM flap is an effective technique over conventional methods in terms of both graft uptake as well as hearing improvement in large central perforation.

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