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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-3-5
pubmed:abstractText
Acute perforations in the tympanic membranes (TM) of animals are not good models for assessment of materials used as graft membranes or of substances with the potential to activate tympanic membrane healing mechanisms for closing perforations. Most acute TM perforations heal spontaneously, in both animals and humans. Acute TM perforation models are not analogous to the pathologic human problem of long-standing TM perforation. Bilateral subtotal symmetric perforations, with each animal serving as its own control provide a suitable model. Fourteen dogs were operated. Subtotal perforation of TM in right ears were soaked with 2% glutaraldehyde to develop an animal model for persistent tympanic membrane perforation. Subtotal myringectomy was performed on left ears, without chemical treatment of the rim. Perforations were standardized in size. The healing pattern was evaluated weekly for a 15-week period. Six of the right ears and 14 of the left ears completely healed within 15 weeks. Statistically, the mean delay of closure was higher in the treated group than in the non-treated group, and the two groups were different according the closure rate criterion. Histologic analyses of persistent TM perforations and of healed cases were performed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0192-9763
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
222-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Chronic tympanic membrane perforation: an animal model.
pubmed:affiliation
Service d'Oto-Rhino-Laryngologie, de Chirurgie Cervico-Faciale et de Phoniatrie, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article