Pages 652-657 in G. Pétursdóttir et al., eds. Circumpolar Health 93. Proceedings of the 9th International Congress on Circumpolar Health, Reykjavík, Iceland, June 20-25, 1993. Arctic Medical Research. 1994;53(Suppl.2)
Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Pages 652-657 in G. Pétursdóttir et al., eds. Circumpolar Health 93. Proceedings of the 9th International Congress on Circumpolar Health, Reykjavík, Iceland, June 20-25, 1993. Arctic Medical Research. 1994;53(Suppl.2)
One hundred forty-three tympanoplasties were performed on 102 individuals between the years 1980 and 1991 and were followed up in 1992-93. The followup rate was 65%. The success rate of surgery when healed perforation was used as the criteria was 60%; when normal tympanogram was the criteria, the success rate was 57%; 25% of ears had an improved audiogram. The success rate of surgery has not improved over the last two decades. Alternative means to prevention and early treatment of middle ear infections and promotion of the use of devices to protect hearing are needed.