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Novel Use of Platelet Rich Fibrin Membrane in Transcanal Myringoplasty: A Prospective Study

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Being rich in growth factors platelet rich fibrin (PRF) has been used for decades for its healing properties in cosmetic surgeries but its use in transcanal myringoplasty is a novel approach that remains unexplored. In todays era of minimally invasive surgery not only does it provide as a great alternative to conventional myringoplasty but also outshines it. It reduces post operative pain, hospital stay and unlike the conventional technique that uses termporalis fascia as a graft material, PRF myringoplasty if required can be reperformed on the same patient multiple times with minimal risk. This procedure comes as a boon for patients with recurrent graft defects because after multiple revision surgeries, temporalis fascia can be deficient and other graft materials like cartilage/perichondrium or fascia lata etc. have to be harvested surgically for myringoplasty. In PRF myringoplasty there is no upper limit in the number of times the PRF membrane can be made and also it does not entail any surgical incision for graft harvest. A prospective study involving 41 patients was conducted at Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical College, Jabalpur where in the tympanic membrane perforations were repaired using PRF membrane with a successful outcome in 85.4% of the patients included in this study.

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    Anirudh Shukla, Yogesh Singh Kaurav & Richa Vatsyayan

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Shukla, A., Kaurav, Y.S. & Vatsyayan, R. Novel Use of Platelet Rich Fibrin Membrane in Transcanal Myringoplasty: A Prospective Study. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 72, 355–362 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-020-01851-8

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