Endoscopic Versus Microscopic Type I Tympanoplasty: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
; 170(3): 675-693, 2024 Mar.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Our objective was to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis comparing the clinical outcomes after endoscopic and microscopic type I tympanoplasty. STUDYDESIGN:
Randomized controlled trials, two-arm prospective studies, and retrospective studies were included.SETTING:
Medline, Cochrane, EMBASE, and Google Scholar databases were searched until March 1, 2022 using the combinations of search terms "endoscopic," "microscopic," and "tympanoplasty."METHODS:
Two independent reviewers utilized the abovementioned search strategy to identify eligible studies. If any uncertainty existed regarding eligibility, a third reviewer was consulted. Primary outcome measures were graft success rate, air-bone gap (ABG) improvement, and operative time. Secondary outcomes were the rate of need for canalplasty, the proportion of self-rated excellent cosmetic results, and pain visual analog scale (VAS).RESULTS:
Forty-three studies enrolled a total of 3712 patients who were undergoing type I tympanoplasty and were finally included. The pooled result showed endoscopic approach was significantly associated with shorter operative time (difference in means -20.021, 95% confidence interval [CI] -31.431 to -8.611), less need for canalplasty (odds ratio [OR] 0.065, 95% CI 0.026-0.164), more self-rated excellent cosmetic results (OR 87.323, 95% CI 26.750-285.063), and lower pain VAS (difference in means -2.513, 95% CI -4.737 to -0.228). No significant differences in graft success rate or ABG were observed between the two procedures.CONCLUSION:
Endoscopic type I tympanoplasty provides a similar graft success rate, improvement in ABG, and reperforation rate to microscopic tympanoplasty with a shorter operative time, better self-rated cosmetic results, and less pain. Unless contraindicated, the endoscopic approach should be the procedure of choice in type I tympanoplasty.Palabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Timpanoplastia
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Endoscopía
Tipo de estudio:
Systematic_reviews
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
Asunto de la revista:
OTORRINOLARINGOLOGIA
Año:
2024
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Taiwán
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido