Palisade Cartilage Tympanoplasty, an Alternative Surgical Approach for CSOM.

Introduction: The hearing outcome and graft take in patients of CSOM with sclerotic mastoids were studied using the novel technique of palisade cartilage tympanoplasty. Besides, it was compared with tympanoplasty type-1 above and over the cortical mastoidectomy in both groups.

Materials And Methods: Out of 313 patients of CSOM, 125 had sclerotic mastoid and were included in the study.