Introduction: the cartilage tympanoplasty began to be use by Jansen in 1963 and has advocated for advanced middle ear problems. The cartilage had excellent survival capacity and tolerate retractions pockets. In 1998 Eavey describe the use of the cartilage butterfly technique with a inlay method. Study design: clinical prospective randomized. Material and method: There were 100 patients with chronic otites media and ear drum perforations with margins and submitted a ear plug tympanoplasty. The perforations ranged in size and approximately 40% of the surface area of the tympanic membrane. The average preoperative conductive hearing loss was 28.3 dB and 9.8 dB postoperative. Results: Total closure of the tympanum occurred in 95,0%. Conclusion: Finally, studying the results it is important to emphasize that the method is easy, with low complications, good audiological results and better anatomical results. It is a good option for the otologist to solve the chronic otites sequelae.
cartilage; tympanoplasty