Aakanksha Rawat - Department of Otorhinolaryngology, AIIMS Gorakhpur, India.
Pankhuri Mittal - Department of Otorhinolaryngology, AIIMS Gorakhpur, India.
Ruchika Aggarwal - Department of Otorhinolaryngology, AIIMS Gorakhpur, India.

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 ۶۰ patients who underwent fat tympanoplasty over the period of ۱۵ months. In all the patients fat was harvested from ear lobule.Results:Patients were kept on follow up for ۳ months and evaluated for graft uptake and hearing gain. ۸۶.۶۶% closure rate of tympanic membrane defect was achieved. Postoperative air conduction was ۲۹.۶ ± ۵.۳ while air bone gap was ۱۳.۲ ± ۶.۱.Conclusion:The study concludes that fat plug myringoplasty is a simple, quick, less invasive method to repair small tympanic membrane defects.

Chronic suppurative otitis media, Endoscopic ear surgery, Minimally invasive surgery