Short-term Subjective and Objective Outcomes of Patients Receiving Endoscopic Transcanal Myringoplasty for Repairing Tympanic Perforations

ObjectiveEndoscopic transcanal myringoplasty (ETM) has been an emerging technique for repairing tympanic perforations since the late 1990s. Objective outcomes (ie, graft success rates and hearing results) of patients who received ETM are well documented; however, subjective outcomes of these patients have rarely been reported. Hence, this study evaluated subjective and objective outcomes of patients who received ETM for repairing tympanic perforations.Study DesignProspective study.SettingTertiary care university hospital.Patients and MethodsPatients who underwent ETM for perforations of the tympanic membrane were included. We evaluated subjective variables of patients receiving ETM as the primary outcome and objective variables as the secondary outcome.ResultsIn total, 91 ears that underwent ETM were included. The mean pain scale score was 0.1 (range, 0-2) on postoperative day 3. The mean duration of pain medication was 2.0 (range, 0-3) days. The mean number of days required to resume routine activities w...