DENOYELLE Françoise

A study of the factors influencing the anatomical and functional results after one year of cartilage tympanoplasty in children. A study of the evolution of the anatomical and functional outcome in the long term (> 3 years).

Project status: closed

Tympanic membrane perforation is a frequent cause of permanent hearing loss in children and 1 in 1,500 children aged 5-12 every year undergo tympanoplasty.

The goal of this surgery is to repair the tympanic membrane. Following surgery, some children have a poor functional or anatomical result (residual eardrum perforation or progressive retraction over time).

The objective of Professor Denoyelle's study is to analyze the factors influencing the results of tympanoplasty in children to adapt the surgical technique, the age at surgery or the type of monitoring.

Professor Françoise Denoyelle
Head of ENT Department
Pediatric ENT department, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital (AP-HP group), Paris, France

Related scientific publication(s):

François Simon, Briac Thierry, Tioka Rabeony, Florian Verrier, Caroline Elie, Natalie Loundon, Nicolas Leboulanger, Vincent Couloigner, Erea-Noël Garabedian, Françoise Denoyelle. Long-term outcomes of cartilage tympanoplasty in 139 ears in children. Clin Otolaryngol. 2021 Nov;46(6):1395-1399.doi: 10.1111/coa.13801. Epub 2021 May 31.