Myringosplaty is a surgery that is performed to control infections in middle ear, to reconstruct the sound conducting mechanism for the oval window and protection of the round window. Some materials are used to reconstruct the tympanic membrane like autologous temporalis fascia, cartilage-perichondium graft taken from the tragus, cartilage only, dura mater human placental graft. It is important the vascular support to the graft with well-vascularized flap in wide perforations. AIM: The main goal of this work is shown the use of a new biomaterial, the natural latex membrane with polylysin. STUDY DESIGN: Longitudinal Cohort. MATERIAL AND METHOD: This material was developed from Department of Biochemistry from Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto Universidade de São Paulo. The natural latex membrane is used stimulating neovessels and organized tecidual growing in different parts and tissues of the human body. This material promotes any allergic reaction and is innocuous to the human tissue. The 238 ears with tympanic membrane perforation resulted from chronic middle ear infection and thek was going through myringoplasty with autologous temporalis fascia and natural latex membrane. The ages were 7 to 76 years. RESULTS: The first results show 181 (90,5%) healing tympanic membrane perforation, 96 healing of wide perforation 73 medium perforation and 12 small one. Neovessels could be seen in all grafts and remaining tympanic membrane. This is not a habitual funding when the natural latex membrane is not used. CONCLUSION: According to these results we can conclude that the natural latex membrane can be used as a temporary implant in myringoplasty, improving the well vascularized of remaining tympanic membrane.
myringoplasty; tympanic; membrane; biossintetic allografts; growth factors
