Bad eardrums mostly refer to perforated eardrums, although patients with decades of perforated eardrums are technically eligible for tympanoplasty.
Tympanic membrane perforation is mainly caused by chronic suppurative otitis media, middle ear cholesteatoma, tympanic membrane trauma and surgical trauma. In the case of decades of disease, there may be no symptoms, or there may be hearing loss, tinnitus, vertigo, and other symptoms, as well as accompanying chronic suppurative otitis media, middle ear cholesteatoma and other diseases.
Tympanic membrane repair surgery, currently, is mostly performed using the temporal muscle fascia behind the ear or the cartilage of the ear screen, instead of transplanting the tympanic membrane for repair, using the built-in method, the external method or the sandwich method. The success rate of the surgery is very high and it is a common procedure in ENT.
When the eardrum has been broken for decades and needs to be repaired, you can actively consult a doctor for a systematic examination, make a clear diagnosis, and then follow the doctor’s instructions to standardize the treatment.