Tympanoplasty: Torps and porps
- 5 January 1979
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in The Laryngoscope
- Vol. 89 (1), 108-114
- https://doi.org/10.1288/00005537-197901000-00011
Abstract
We reviewed 106 cases in which PlastiPoreTM prostheses were used for ossicular reconstruction. In all cases a piece of cartilage was interposed between the prosthesis and the tympanic membrane graft to prevent the potential problem of prosthesis extrusion. With total ossicular replacement prostheses (TORPs) 55% closed to within 10 db and 85% closed to within 20 db of the bone conduction level. Closure to within 10 db of the bone conduction level was accomplished in 64% of partial ossicular replacement prostheses (PORPs) cases. These results are better than obtained previously with either ossicles or cartilage alone.Keywords
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- Symposium on tympanoplasty. III. Tympanoplasty: Ossicular chain reconstructionThe Laryngoscope, 1973