Failure of Tympanoplasty in Children: Predictive Factors

Abstract

The incidence of PCHI in our study was 0.99/ 1,000 live births of a total of 23,857 born during the period of study. Not all live births had the screening because some parents declined screening, and a small percentage did not attend their appointments. CONCLUSION: The incidence of PCHI in Northern Ireland is lower than the established incidence at 0.99 per 1000 live births. Improvements in administration of hearing screening to reduce infants that did not attend is needed. Further data on reasons parents decline is needed to target any concerns.

Clinical prognostic index for tympanoplasty (PRIT) in Pediatric patients

“…There are numerous articles [23] that try to reach a consensus on the risk factors tympanoplasty failure might be attributed to in the pediatric population [24]. Surgical success obtained in the present analysis is 59.6%, which is similar to that reported by Boronat et al in 2012, but with regard to risk factors that produce failure there is considerable controversy or lack of homogeneous evidence.…”