Tympanoplasty in the treatment of sequelae of blast injuries of the ear
Poncet, J.L.; Cudennec, Y.F.; Diard, J.P.; Rondet, P.; Buffe, P.
Annales d'Oto-Laryngologie et de Chirurgie Cervico Faciale Bulletin de la Societe d'Oto-Laryngologie des Hopitaux de Paris 107(6): 366-370
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-438X PMID: 2256609 Document Number: 349751
This study deals with 40 clinical files relating to auricular blast injury patients with ensuing eardrum perforation, managed either by tympanoplasty or by placement of a healing support. An analysis of the functional symptoms, the size and localization of the perforation; determination of the presence or lack of immediate post-injury infection, and of the degree and type of hearing loss suffered, permits to define the characteristics of postoperative ear status. A comparison of the study results with published data provides for specifying surgical indications and sheds light on the long-term evolution pattern in such patients.