Figure Legends
Figure 1A. Tympanum perforation before surgery. B. The malleus handle
with removed epithelium. C. Full-thickness tragal cartilage with a āVā
shape (*). D. the graft placed appropriately between the malleus handle
and the tympanomeatal flap (star). E. Postoperative tympanum 3-months
after surgery. F. The relationship between the postoperative tympanum
and the malleus handle on reconstructed computed tomography scan.
Figure 2. Mean air-bone gap (ABG) before and after myringoplasty with
full-thick tragal cartilage graft. A. ABG distribution before and after
surgery. B, C. The impact of tympanum perforation size and malleus
handle exposure status on the mean ABG before and after surgery.
Figure 3. Comparison of the mean postoperative air-bone gap (ABG) A.
Comparison of mean ABG between temporalis fascia and full-thickness
tragal cartilage groups B. Comparison of mean ABG between
partial-thickness tragal cartilage and full-thickness tragal cartilage
groups.