ArticleJournal of otolaryngology - head & neck surgery = Le Journal d'oto-rhino-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale
The Impact of Middle Ear Packing Material Containing Antibiotic Ointment on Postoperative Infection After Myringoplasty.
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- Analysis of complication management strategies after tympanoplasty under otoendoscopy.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Article
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objectiveThe objective of this study was to compare the postoperative infection and graft success rates, and the hearing improvement, after endoscopic cartilage underlay myringoplasty with versus without antibiotic ointment coating. MATERIALS AND
methodsThis was a retrospective case-control study. The clinical records of patients who underwent endoscopic cartilage underlay myringoplasty and who met the selection criteria were retrieved and divided based on middle ear packing status into groups with antibiotic ointment packing (AOP group) and with no antibiotic ointment packing (no-AOP group). The operation time, postoperative infection, graft success status, and hearing improvement were compared between the 2 groups.
resultsPatients with 166 perforations constituted the AOP group, and patients with 141 perforations comprised the no-AOP group. At 3 months postoperatively, middle ear infections had occurred in 24 (14.5%) ears in the AOP group and 4 (2.8%) ears in the no-AOP group (
conclusionMiddle ear packing without antibiotic ointment coating does not increase the postoperative infection rate or reduce the graft success rate after endoscopic cartilage underlay myringoplasty compared to antibiotic ointment coating. On the contrary, coating with antibiotic ointment increases the risk of postoperative infection given the complexity of middle ear manipulation.
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