Healing of Tympanomeatal Flap and Tympanic Membrane
At first-month follow-up visit, we found that the tympanomeatal flaps of
all 80 patients exhibited good healing, and observed no defects,
hyperplasia or granulation. Six months after the operation, all tympanic
membranes healed very well, without fissure, perforation or
invagination. The area where the extra patch was added healed well, as
illustrated by Figure 3.
Within the first two months after operation, some patients exhibited
tympanic membrane redness and swelling. In month three the situation was
improved with excellent vascularization of the grafts, as shown in
Figure 4.