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temporal fascia

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temporal fascia,
a tough fan-shaped aponeurosis overlying the temporalis muscle and attached by its outer margin to the superior temporal line and by its inferior margin to the zygomatic arch.


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In the reconstructive step, we performed an overlay myringoplasty with autologous temporal fascia, a tragal cartilage scutumplasty, and an ossiculoplasty with placement of a total ossicular replacement prosthesis (TORP) between the footplate and the eardrum with cartilage interposition.
Synovial chondromatosis of the middle ear: a case report by Saggese, Domenico; Fernandez, Ignacio Javier; Salfi, Nunzio C.M.; Ceroni, Alberto Rinaldi / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
The flap was separated from the underlying deep temporal fascia easily, as the loose areolar tissue on the deep surface presents minimal resistance to elevation.
Temporoparietal fascia flap reconstruction of a Mohs defect of the ear by Butts, Sydney C.; Schmidt, Christopher / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
More proximally, it was dissected superficial to the temporal fascia.
Reconstruction of the eyebrow by Brown, Sheldon R. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
 
 
 
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