Cartilaginous bending spring for preventing tympanic membrane graft medialisation in anterior or subtotal tympanic membrane perforations-how I do it.

Konstantinos MantsopoulosHeinrich IroJoachim Hornung

Published in: European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (2021)

Our experience shows that using a U-shaped cartilage strut to sustain the tympanic reconstruction effectively prevents the medialisation of the graft and recurrent perforations.

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mouse model
extracellular matrix