Bilateral same-day myringoplasty: a feasible option?

Abstract

Purpose: Retrospective evaluation of bilateral same-day myringoplasty outcomes.

Methods: Patients who underwent bilateral same-day myringoplasty from 2005 to 2019.

Results: Thirty-eight patients underwent bilateral myringoplasty. Mean age was 44.5 years and 55.3% patients were male. Tragal perichondrium-cartilage composite graft was the most frequently used graft material (82.9%). Perforation closure was achieved in 78.9%. Postoperative Pure Tone Average and Air-Bone Gap decreased significantly (p < 0.05), except for the Air-Bone Gap of the right ear (p = 0.058). The complications were cholesteatoma (1.3%), otorrhea (6.6%) and tympanic membrane retraction (1.3%).

Conclusions: Bilateral same-day myringoplasty is a feasible procedure in selected patients. Good anatomic and functional outcomes, as well as a low rate of complications, are achieved with this procedure, improving patient comfort and allowing for a reduction in operation time and costs.

Keywords: Air–bone gap; Bilateral myringoplasty; Bilateral tympanoplasty; Tympanic membrane perforation.