tympanoplasty /tym·pa·no·plas·ty/ (tim´pah-no-plas″te) surgical reconstruction of the tympanic membrane and establishment of ossicular continuity from the tympanic membrane to the oval window.tympanoplas´tic
tympanoplasty
tympanoplasty
tym·pa·no·plas·ty (t m p -n-pl s t , -n -)n. Surgical repair or reconstruction of the middle ear. |
tympanoplasty
[timpan′əplas′tē]
Etymology: Gk, tympanon + plassein, to mold
any of several operative procedures on the eardrum or ossicles of the middle ear designed to restore or improve hearing in patients with conductive hearing loss. These operations may be used to repair a perforated eardrum, for otosclerosis, or for dislocation or necrosis of one of the small bones of the middle ear. See also myringoplasty, stapedectomy.
tympanoplasty
ENT A technique of middle ear reconstruction intended to restore hearing, which consists of 2 components 1 Tympanic membrane engraftment, using various materials including canal skin, fascia, and homografts–eg, dura,
periosteum, knee cartilage, ossicles and ossicular replacement with hydroxyapatite prostheses 2 Ossicular chain reconstruction, see there
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