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Paul Geniec, MD
Wake Forest College Bowman Gray School of Medicine Winston-Salem, NC 27103

Arch Otolaryngol. 1970;92(3):304.

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To the Editor.

—I have read the article by Dr. Joachim Heermann et al, in the March issue entitled "Fascia and Cartilage Palisade Tympanoplasty."

I find the article difficult to understand. Do they try to create a satisfactory soundconducting system, etc, by using cartilage as a bridge which is then covered by fascia and then by canal skin that is left or a triple-layer sandwich graft? Only pictures of cartilage are given of many bridging structures. I can see the value of the latter, provided a nice tympanic membrane covers the lattices of cartilage.

Please clarify the "basic" overall concept of the article. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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