Japanese species of Sargassum subgenus Bactrophycus (Phaeophyta, Fucales)

Abstract

Indigenous children benefited from myringoplasty, even when the operation was not a "surgical success" as deemed by drum closure. There lower incidence of post-operative discharge from persistent perforations suggests an improvement in the ear health of the population. A persistent conductive loss persists, likely a consequence of the underlying disease but possibly from the surgery.