tympanoplasty failure
tympanoplasty failure
ENT An unsuccessful tympanoplasty due to recurrent perforation, persistent drainage, conductive hearing loss, malleus handle pull-away, anterior sulcus blunting, cholesteatoma and graft material breakdown; most 'problem ears' can be repaired or prevented, requiring removal of offending residual mastoid and middle ear disease and reconstructionMcGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.