Abstract:Objective To compare the clinical effect of tympanic membrane perforation repair with perichondrium-cartilage island and temporal muscle fascia under otoendoscope.Methods Clinical data of 80 patients with tympanic membrane perforation repaired under otoendoscope in Xuzhou Central Hospital from Feb 2018 to March 2020 were analyzed retrospectively. All the patients were divided into two groups according to the repair material. There were 40 cases in the control group (temporalis myofascial repair group) and 40 in the experimental group (perichondrium-cartilage island repair group). The intraoperative blood loss, operation time, hospitalization time, success rate of tympanic membrane repair, and average air-bone gap (ABG) as well as the difference of pre- and postoperative average air conduction hearing threshold(PTA)were compared between the two groups.Results All the patients had been followed up for at least 6 months postoperatively. The postoperative average ABG and PTA were significantly reduced in both groups (all P<0.05). The differences of postoperative average ABG and PTA between the two groups were statistically insignificant (both P>0.05). There were no significant differences between the two groups in the reductions of ABG and PTA (both P<0.05). The intraoperative blood loss, operation time and length of hospital stay in the experimental group were less than those in the control group (all P<0.01). The success rate of tympanic membrane repair was 95.0% (38/40) in the experimental group and 92.5% (37/40) in the control group, the difference was statistically insignificant (Fisher exact test OR=1.53, 95%CI=0.17-19.3, P=1).Conclusions Both tragus perichondrium-cartilage island and temporal myofascial repair of tympanic membrane perforation under otoendoscope have good curative effect, which can improve the hearing of patients. However, tragus perichondrium-cartilage island repair has advantages of minimal invasion and high efficiency, which is more worthy of clinical application.