Rat model of chronic tympanic membrane perforation: Ventilation tube with mitomycin C and dexamethasone.
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2016 Jan;80:61-8
Authors: Wang AY, Shen Y, Liew LJ, Wang JT, von Unge M, Atlas MD, Dilley RJ
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Chronic tympanic membrane perforation (TMP) in a clinical setting may attract surgical intervention. With the advent of modern biomaterials, new options are available for myringoplasty but safety and efficacy need evaluation in a chronic TMP animal model. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of ventilation tube (VT) insertion in conjunction with topical application of mitomycin C/dexamethasone (M/D) for the creation of chronic TMP in rats.
METHODS: Thirty male Sprague-Dawley rats underwent myringotomy of the right tympanic membrane (TM) and were divided into three experimental groups: spontaneous healing (myringotomy control), VT insertion for 2 weeks and VT insertion for 2 weeks in conjunction with topical application of M/D (VT-M/D). All TMs were regularly assessed by otoscopy for 10 weeks and then animals were sacrificed for histological evaluation.
RESULTS: In the VT-M/D group, seven out of ten (70%) perforations were patent at 10 weeks (mean patency, 57.9 days; P<0.01). The VT group had two out of ten (20%) perforations patent at 10 weeks (mean patency, 26.5 days; P<0.01), while all TMPs from the myringotomy control group were closed by day 9 (mean patency, 7.2 days). Histologically, the TMPs patent at week 10 had a stratified squamous epithelialized rim, keratinocyte layer thickening around the perforation edge as well as increased collagen deposition and macrophage infiltration.
CONCLUSION: Chronic TMP in a rat model was successfully created by VT insertion and the efficacy was increased in combination with topical application of M/D.
PMID: 26746614 [PubMed - in process]
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