Outcomes of Minimally Invasive Tympanoplasty: Fat Graft Myringoplasty.

INTRODUCTION

Fat tympanoplasty is repair of small dry tympanic membrane perforations using fat as graft material. It is a simple office procedure with minimal morbidity and manipulation of the middle ear.

MATERIALS AND

METHODS

The present study was a prospective review of 60 patients who underwent fat tympanoplasty over the period of 15 months. In all the patients fat was harvested from ear lobule.

RESULTS

Patients were kept on follow up for 3 months and evaluated for graft uptake and hearing gain. 86.66% closure rate of tympanic membrane defect was achieved. Postoperative air conduction was 29.6 ± 5.3 while air bone gap was 13.2 ± 6.1.

CONCLUSION

The study concludes that fat plug myringoplasty is a simple, quick, less invasive method to repair small tympanic membrane defects.