Endoscopic ear surgery: A case series and first United Kingdom experience

Table 3 Myringoplasty, Tympanoplasty, Ossiculoplaty and Tympanotomy

No.	Age	Details	Side	Duration (min)	Previous ipsilateral surgery	Pre-op mean air-bone gap1	Post-op mean air-bone gap1	Closure	Graft material	Follow up (mo)	Complications
Endoscopic assisted, Group A
1	63	Myringoplasty	R	66	Yes	Dead ear	Dead ear	No change	Conchal cartilage	1	Tragal abscess and otitis externa
2	37	Myringoplasty	L	60	No	15.5	12.5	No change	Temporalis fascia	4	None
3	55	Myringoplasty	L	45	Yes	5	5	No change	Composite tragal graft	4	None
4	16	Revision myringoplasty	R	45	Yes	0	0	No change	Tragal cartilage	5	None
5	22	Tympanoplasty	R	88	No	0	0	No change	Composite tragal graft	12	None
6	45	Tympanoplasty	L	101	Yes	20	15	Within 10-30 dB	Tragal cartilage	4	None
7	32	Tympanoplasty	L	98	No	7.5	6.25	Within 10 dB	Tragal cartilage	2	None
8	46	Tympanoplasty	L	111	Yes	18.75	23.3	No change	Tragal cartilage	2	None
9	35	Tympanoplasty	R	121	No	30	11.25	Within 10 dB	Not stated	3	None
10	34	Ossiculoplasty	R	123	Yes	42.5	12.5	Within 10-30 dB	Not stated	10	None
Non-endoscopic assisted, Group B
1	12	Myringoplasty	R	55	No	12.5	11.25	Within 10-30 dB	5	5	None
2	9	Myringoplasty	L	130	No	27.5	Not available	Not available	Temporalis fascia	Lost to follow up
3	30	Revision myringoplasty	L	97	No	16.25	15	Within 10-30 dB	Temporalis fascia	12	None
4	66	Tympanoplasty	L	127	Yes	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not stated	5	Will need ossiculoplasty
5	59	Tympanoplasty	L	114	No	15	40	> 30 dB	Not stated	4	Scarring, false fundus recurrence
6	33	Tympanoplasty	L	174	No	Dead	Dead	No change	Composite tragal graft	5	None
7	10	Tympanoplasty	L	88	No	23.75	21.25	Within 10-30 dB	Temporalis fascia	3	None
8	21	Tympanoplasty	R	92	No	16.25	6.25	Overclosure	Temporalis fascia	10	None
9	63	Tympanoplasty	R	100	No	Dead	Dead	No change	Not stated	3	None
10	50	Revision tympanoplasty	R	101	Yes	0	20	> 30 dB	Tragal cartilage	2	None

¹Mean gap calculated over 4 frequencies (500 Hz, 1 KHz, 2 KHz, 4 KHz).