Shall We Resect the Tip of Manubrium Mallei in Tympanoplasty?.
- Author:
Ahmet KUTLUHAN
1
;
Gokhan YALCINER
;
Gulnur GULER
;
Kemal KOSEMEHMETOGLU
;
Kazim BOZDEMIR
;
Akif Sinan BILGEN
Author Information
1. Department of ENT, Ankara Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. gkhnyalciner@yahoo.com
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Malleus;
Tympanic membrane perforation;
Tympanoplasty;
Desepithelisation
- MeSH:
Cholesteatoma;
Epithelium;
Humans;
Malleus;
Manubrium;
Tympanic Membrane Perforation;
Tympanoplasty
- From:Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology
2011;4(1):24-26
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
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. METHODS: The 35 patients who were performed tympanoplasty operation were divided into two groups. In the first group which included 13 patients the tip portion of manubrium mallei were cut off without desepithelisation. In the second group which included 22 patients the tip portions of manubrium mallei were cut off after the meticulous desepithelisation. The presence of squamous epithelium was examined histopathologically on the specimens. RESULTS: Squamous epithelium was observed in 9 of the 13 non-desepithelised specimens and in 6 of 22 desepithelised specimens. CONCLUSION: In tympanoplasty operations despite careful desepithelisation, squamous epithelial remnants may remain on the malleus handle. So the tip of manubrium mallei could be resected to prevent the future development of cholesteatoma.
