It is important to measure changes in the bone-conduction threshold when evaluating whether FGF-2 can be used to repair blast-induced total or near-total tympanic membrane perforations

We would like to comment on the manuscript entitled "Utility of basic fibroblast growth factor in the repair of blast-induced total or near-total tympanic membrane perforations: A pilot study" by Lou et al. [1]. The authors investigated whether basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) could be used to repair blast-induced total or near-total tympanic membrane perforations (TMPs) [1]. The authors concluded that direct application of bFGF was a promising minimally invasive alternative to conventional tympanoplasty, affording a comparable success rate.

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