Key points:
- Tympanoplasty for tympanic perforation in children requires prolonged
yearly follow-up
- Tympanic perforation closure definition of success should not only
include anatomical closure but also hearing results and absence of
complications such as myringitis
- Tympanic closure before the age of eight was the only factor
associated with a lower success rate at one-year follow-up
- Results at one-year follow-up may not be stable in the child, as one
in ten satisfactory eardrums at one-year may become unsatisfactory at
three-year follow-up
- Myringitis is the main complication at one and three-year follow-up,
occurring in 5-8% of cases