Shall We Resect the Tip of Manubrium Mallei in Tympanoplasty?

Kutluhan A., Yalciner G., Guler G., Kosemehmetoglu K., Bozdemir K., Bilgen A. S.

CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY, vol.4, no.1, pp.24-26, 2011 (Peer-Reviewed Journal) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 4 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Doi Number: 10.3342/ceo.2011.4.1.24
  • Journal Name: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded, Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.24-26

Abstract

Objectives. In tympanoplasty operations if perforation is related with malleus handle, malleus handle is desepithelised. We planned this research to investigate whether the epithelial remnants remain as a result of this desepithelisation or not.