Abstract
The usefuluess of multislice conputed tomography (MSCT) has been widely recognized in the middle ear. To determine the result of tympanoplasty type III with columella, we studied MSCT images after tympanoplasty and its clinical use. We had autologous ossicles or autologous bone and artificial ossicles as columella and for both, so it was possible to determine the conditions of ossicular joints after tympanoplasty. MSCT proved quite useful. Three-dimensional (3 D) images reconstructed from a perspective that allows the surgeon to visualize the condition of the middle ear preoperatively provide the surgeon with valuable information and also provide patients with visual information on their disease.
