Abstract
In so-called minimally invasive treatment myringoplasty is considered to be a good surgical modality. The standard procedure is to close a perforation to induce epithelialization. So far, we applied artificial dermis (TERUDERMIS®) to a mucous defect for the nasal septum or palate and confirmed that satisfactory epithelialization could thus be induced. When utilizing this technique, we attempted to perform myringoplasty using an artificial dermis. As a result perforation could be adequately closed using a relatively simple procedure, and the treated regions also appeared exhibited a high degree of resistance to infection. These results indicate this procedure to be a very useful method when performing minimally invasive treatment.
