A Historical Review of Indian Perspectives on Techniques of Tympanoplasty

Table 1

Techniques and results.

No.	Author	Year	Technique innovation/recommendations	Graft take-up rates (%)	ABG of 10–30 dB (%)
1.	Pusalkar et al.	1998	Cross-slit gold bell with titanium cuff over the head of stapes	NR	77
2.	Roychaudhry	2004	Three strip tympanomeatal flaps	95	100
3.	Desarda et al.	2005	Tragal cartilage shaped in “L,” “T,” “bow,” and “boomerang” shape for ossiculoplasty	70–96	70–96
4.	Mishra et al.	2007	12’o clock to 1’o clock tympanomeatal flap	97	95
5.	Mahadevaiah	2008	Modified intact canal wall-up mastoidectomy	91.3	69.1
6.	Vijayendra	2008	Compulsory canalplasty with tympanoplasty	100	NR
7.	Nagle et al.	2009	Wet ear tympanoplasty	74	100
8.	Yadav et al.	2009	Endoscopy-assisted tympanplasty	80	80
9.	Mohindra and Panda	2009	Endoscopy-assisted tympanplasty	91	91
10.	Mane	2013	Bilateral tympanoplasty	96	96
11.	Raghuvanshi and Asati	2013	Bilateral tympanoplasty	93	91.6
12.	Raj et al	2014	Bilateral tympanoplasty	90–93	90–94
13.	Malhotra et al.	2010, 2014	Umbrella graft/autologous TORP	95–100	77–97.5
14.	Kasbekar et al.	2015	Cartilage augmentation with modified tympanoplasty	NR	NR
15.	Vadiya	2015	Sectioning of the tensor tympani muscle in type 1 tympanoplasty	95.24	93

ABG = air-bone gap; NR = not reported in this format.