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Assessment of the ET function was done for all included cases by three tests; pressure swallow equalization test, saccharine test and methylene blue test. The primary outcome is the graft success rate defined as intact graft without any residual perforation at 6 months postoperatively. Secondary outcomes include hearing assessment and possible associated complications.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>64 patients were included in the study with an average age of 36.59\u2009\u00b1\u200911.96\u00a0years. All patients underwent assessment of the ET function by saccharine test, methylene blue test and pressure equalization test (PET) followed by microscopic post-auricular tympanoplasty. Successful tympanoplasty is achieved in 93.75% of cases with residual perforation in four patients. Mean air\u2013bone gap is significantly improved from 23.73\u2009\u00b1\u20092.80 preoperatively to 10.93\u2009\u00b1\u20095.46 postoperatively. Results of Methylene blue test has no statistical impact on graft take rate (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> value\u2009=\u20090.379), while saccharine test and pressure equalization test results have statistically significant correlation with graft success (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> value\u2009\u2264\u20090.001).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Saccharine and Pressure equalization tests have a good positive correlation with the graft healing in tympanoplasty, while methylene blue test was found to have no correlation with the success rate.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s00405-022-07611-4","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,8,26]],"date-time":"2022-08-26T15:06:12Z","timestamp":1661526372000},"page":"1593-1601","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":16,"title":["Correlation of Eustachian tube function with the results of type 1 tympanoplasty: a prospective study"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"280","author":[{"given":"Waleed","family":"Moneir","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8623-868X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Noha Ahmed","family":"El-Kholy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ahmed Ismail","family":"Ali","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mohamed Moustafa","family":"Abdeltawwab","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Asser Abdel Raouf","family":"El-Sharkawy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,8,26]]},"reference":[{"issue":"5","key":"7611_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"407","DOI":"10.1111\/coa.12475","volume":"40","author":"A Schilder","year":"2015","unstructured":"Schilder A, Bhutta M, Butler C, Holy C, Levine L, Kvaerner K, Norman G, Pennings R, Poe D, Silvola J (2015) Eustachian tube dysfunction: consensus statement on definition, types, clinical presentation and diagnosis. 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