Abstract
During the past nine years, seventeen ears of traumatic perforation of the tympanic membrane havebeen operated on at our department. In 17 ears, 13 ears had a large perforation classified as grade i and IV.The average period from the injury to the operation in 17 ears was 5.9 months. Type-I tympanoplasty wasperformed in 15 ears and myringoplasty was performed in 2 ears. In 15 ears with type-I tympanoplasty, only one ear failed to close the perforation, on the other hand, all 2 ears with myringoplasty obtained the closureof the perforations. Success of hearing recovery was observed in 16 ears except for the ear failed in closureof the perforation ear. Early and aggressive treatment is desirable for the cases with a large perforation.
