OBJECTIVE To investigate the clinical curative effect of acellular dermal matrix contrast with temporalis fascia in type Ⅰ tympanoplasty. METHODS A retrospective analysis of 60 inflammatory chronic suppurative otitis media patients from January 2014 to January 2015 in Genenral Hospital of PLA Guangzhou Military Area were conducted.All cases were perpormed the ear incision under local anesthesia, including 32 cases(32 ears) with acellular dermal matrix, 28 cases(28 ears) with temporal fascia. The operation time, postoperative pain, the healing of tympanic membrane and the postoperative recovery were compared between the two groups. RESULTS There was significant difference in the operation time and postoperative pain between the two groups(P<0.05). There was no significant difference in the success rate of tympanic membrane healing and postoperative hearing improvement(P>0.05). CONCLUSION The effect of acellular dermal matrix for repairing tympanic membrane is similar to the temporalis fascia. The use of acellular dermal matrix has the advantage of shorter operation time, less postoperative pain, and can avoid regional two incisions, it is worthy of clinical application.

Objective:To determine the effects of pentoxifylline-tocopherol-clodronate combination (PENTOCLO) protocol in the treatment of localized temporal bone osteoradionecrosis (TBORN).Methods:A retrospective analysis was conducted on the clinical data of 21 patients, who suffered localized TBORN (23 ears) and were treated with the PENTOCLO protocol in Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University from November 2020 to April 2021. The curative effects of the PENTOCLO protocol were evaluated based on the changes in ear symptoms and the extent of exposed bone before and after treatment.Results:The PENTOCLO protocol was applied for (506 ± 48) d on average. As a result, 19 ears (82.6%) became free of earache and purulent ear discharge, and two ears (8.7%) showed alleviation of symptoms. Moreover, nine ears (39.1%) exhibited re-epithelialization in the ear canal, 11 ears (47.6%) showed a decrease in exposed ear canal bone, and the osteonecrosis of three ears (13.0%) was stable.Conclusions:PENTOCLO has encouraging treatment effects on TBORN, and thus can be used as an effective nonsurgical option for localized TBORN.