Figure 1. Serial oto-endoscopic findings of pre-and post-operative tympanic membranes.
All included patients showed successful graft uptake at postoperative 3 months. However, NGPG showed statistically significant earlier epithelializationand less edematous fascia compared to GPG at postoperative 1-and 2-months (p <0.05). (GPG; gelfoam-packing group, NGPG; non-gelfoam-packing group.)