outcomes of minimally invasive tympanoplasty: fat graft myringoplasty

Introduction: fat tympanoplasty is repair of small dry tympanic membrane perforations using fat as graft material. it is a simple office procedure with minimal morbidity and manipulation of the middle ear.materials and methods: the present study was a prospective review of 60 patients who underwent fat tympanoplasty over the period of 15 months. in all the patients fat was harvested from ear lobule.results:patients were kept on follow up for 3 months and evaluated for graft uptake and hearing gain. 86.66% closure rate of tympanic membrane defect was achieved. postoperative air conduction was 29.6 ± 5.3 while air bone gap was 13.2 ± 6.1.conclusion:the study concludes that fat plug myringoplasty is a simple, quick, less invasive method to repair small tympanic membrane defects.