Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Surgical repair or reconstruction of the middle ear.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun surgery
Reconstructive surgery to themiddle ear oreardrum .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun surgical correction or repair of defects or injuries in the eardrum or the bones of the middle ear
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word tympanoplasty.
Examples
-
A tympanoplasty is a common procedure in both children and adults.
-
A tympanoplasty can be performed in an office setting in cases of minor perforations, but most tympanoplasties are performed in a surgery center or hospital under general anesthesia.
-
A left tympanoplasty is the surgical reconstruction of a ruptured or perforated tympanic membrane, or ear drum, in the left ear.
-
It is rare for severe complications to occur after a tympanoplasty.
-
Risks associated with tympanoplasty include narrowing of the ear canal, failure of the graft to properly heal, infection, recurring perforations, adhesions, scarring and development or recurrence of cholesteatomas.
-
There's another everyone feels: the tympanoplasty of injuring to.
Wii-volution 2010
-
One group underwent tympanoplasty (type 1) via transcanal route using temporalis fascia graft and the other using acellular dermis.
-
Before a tympanoplasty can be performed, any infection should be treated by antibiotics and any fluid should be treated with sinus or allergy medication.
-
OBJECTIVE: A prospective randomized unblinded controlled trial was conducted by comparing acellular dermis with temporalis fascia as graft materials in tympanoplasty (type 1) in terms of operative time, postoperative pain, graft success rate, and audiologic outcome.
-
A tympanoplasty is indicated when a visual exam of the ear drum reveals a rupture or perforation.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.