Complications
tinnitus, vertigo, infection, moistness, postoperative otitis media effusion
SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS, TINNITUS, INFECTION, GRANULAR MYRINGITIS, COMPLICATIONS
During followup period, no complications were observed in both groups, including deteriorative sensorineural hearing loss, altered taste, vertigo, or tinnitus. Also, no graft lateralization, significant blunting or medialization were found in any group. All the patients didn’t develop postoperative otitis media effusion and graft retraction. However, granular myringitis with minimal moistness but without infection has been noted in 3 (4.4%) patients in the UAO group and in 5 (7.5%) in the NAO group, the difference was not significant (