Abstract
Objective: It is very important to maintain a stable reconstructed posterior canal wall in the posterior canal wall reconstructed tympanoplasty for the postoperative chronic otitis media (OM) case. The authors treat reconstructed posterior canal wall with the temporal fascial flap (TFF) and the temporal periosteal flap (TPF).
Method: In order to investigate the blood supplies of TFF and TPF, we employed Laser Doppler blood flow meters and measured that in 15 cases of postoperative chronic otitis media.
Results: Both blood supplies were comparatively well, and TFF’s blood supplies were statistically better than those of TPF.
Conclusion: These findings suggested that the TFF and TPF were reliable sources of local well-vascularized tissue to be extremely pliable and facilitate creation of a stable posterior canal wall in the case of postoperative OM.
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