Pars tensa retractions without cholesteatoma in children: predictors for ossicular chain destruction, air conduction thresholds, and postoperative retractions.

Objective: Determine predictive values of preoperative stages of pars tensa retractions, coexisting attic retraction and preoperative air conduction for ossicular destruction in isolated and combined pars tensa retraction, and predictors for successful tympanic grafts after surgery.

Study Design: Prospective case series study.

Settings: Tertiary referral center.

Predictors for sensorineural hearing loss in patients with tubotympanic otitis, cholesteatoma, and tympanic membrane retractions.

Objective: To determine predicting value of otitis type, age, gender, ear suppuration, disease duration, mucosal changes, cholesteatoma spreading, labyrinthine fistula, size, localization of tympanic membrane perforation, type and stage of its retraction and ossicular chain disruption with sensorineural hearing loss in patients with tubotympanic otitis, cholesteatoma, and tympanic membrane retractions.

Study Design: Retrospective case review study.

Setting: Tertiary referral center.