Endoscopic Tympanoplasty in Chronic Otitis Media with Inactive Mucosal Disease

Abstract

<i>Background:</i> Chronic otitis media (COM) is a condition usually seen in patients attending the ENT department. Chronic inactive mucosal disease (CIMD) is characterized by tympanic membrane (TM) perforation with hearing loss. Endoscopic tympanoplasty (ET) is a surgical method to repair TM perforation with minimal invasion. <i>Objective:</i> The present analysis was done to find out the outcome of ET surgeries in CIMD. <i>Methods:</i> Retrospective data analysis was done in 30 patients underwent ET with endoscopic under-lay technique at Al-Ameen medical college, Vijapur, India. <i>Results:</i> Average age of patients was 34.17±9.52 years. Majority (40%) patients were from 18-30 years of age group. There were 12 (40%) males and 18 (60%) females. Right-side and left-side CIMD was equally distributed in 30 patients. Sixteen (53.3%) and 14 (46.7%) patients were having right and left TM perforation, respectively. TM perforation size was small, medium and large in 43.3%, 30% and 26.7% of patients, respectively. Twenty-eight (93.3%) patients had temporalis fascia and 2 (6.7%) patients had tragal cartilage as graft material. Two (6.7%) patients had graft rejection without improvement in hearing. No patient had complication or any miscellaneous issues. Eighteen (60.0%), 11 (36.7%) and 1 (3.3%) pre-operative patient with pure-tone average (PTA) had mild, moderate, and severe conductive hearing loss (CHL), respectively. All patients with PTA were improved after surgery. <i>Conclusion: </i>ET is an effective, minimally invasive, and less painful surgical technique for repair of central TM perforations in CIMD.