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Journal of Otology 12 (2017) 62e67
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Review
Endoscopic tympanoplasty
Abdulvahap Akyigit a,*, Oner Sakallıoglu a, Turgut Karlidag b
a Elazig Education and Research Hospital, Clinic of ENT, Elazig, Turkey
b Firat University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology, Elazig, Turkey
Received 20 January 2017; revised 18 April 2017; accepted 19 April 2017
Abstract
Middle ear surgery is usually performed using a surgical microscope. Initially, in otorhinolaryngology practice, endoscopes were used for
paranasal sinus surgeries. It was only later that they were applied in the area of otology. In otologic surgeries, endoscopes were first used to
visualize the middle ear, before being used to assist with visualization of instruments during cholesteatoma surgeries, although they are still not
used alone in various otologic surgeries. A