Tympanic Membrane - Surgery
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Anterior tab flap versus standard underlay myringoplasty in children.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVES: Tympanic membrane (TM) perforation closure can present a problem in children, especially in anterior and total perforations, because of the anterior's lack of support for the graft. It was suggested that the anterior tab flap (ATF) ... Read more...

Total mastoid obliteration in staged canal-up tympanoplasty for cholesteatoma facilitates tympanic aeration.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: To assess middle ear aeration after total mastoid obliteration using bone pate and hydroxyapatite performed at the second stage of intact-canal-wall (ICW) tympanoplasty. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective study. SETTING: Tertiary referral ... Read more...

Masked patulous Eustachian tube: an important diagnostic precaution before middle ear surgery.

30 Jul 2009 The Eustachian tube is normally closed, but it opens upon swallowing for only less than one second to equalize the middle ear pressure with the atmospheric pressure, and immediately closes again. Patients with patulous Eustachian tube (PET) suffer ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Tympanic Membrane - Surgery'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Anterior tab flap versus standard underlay myringoplasty in children. 30 Aug 2009
• Total mastoid obliteration in staged canal-up tympanoplasty for cholesteatoma facilitates tympanic aeration. 30 Aug 2009
• Masked patulous Eustachian tube: an important diagnostic precaution before middle ear surgery. 30 Jul 2009
• Comparison of two approaches to the surgical management of cochlear implantation. 30 Jul 2009
• Membranous band of a first branchial cleft anomaly. 7 Jul 2009
• Limited knowledge and recall of common staging systems: can we rely on what the clinical record tells us about retraction of the tympanic membrane? 30 May 2009
• Tympanomastoidectomy: planned second-look tympanotomy. 30 May 2009
• Medial or medio-lateral graft tympanoplasty for repair of tympanic membrane perforation. 26 Apr 2009
• Intratympanic membrane congenital cholesteatoma. 14 Apr 2009
• Otogenic cerebellar abscess: a case report. 30 Mar 2009
• [Surgical therapy of acquired auditory canal atresia of inflammatory origin and after-care] 7 Mar 2009
• [Hearing improvement in patients operated on chronic otitis media] 27 Feb 2009
• Facial nerve hemangioma of the middle ear. 27 Feb 2009
• Management of otitis media-related diseases in children with a cochlear implant. 27 Feb 2009
• Carotid laceration during myringotomy. 22 Feb 2009
• Surgery of idiopathic malleus fixation. 30 Jan 2009
• Epitympanic osteoma. 30 Jan 2009
• Results of revision mastoidectomy. 30 Jan 2009
• The preventive effect of ginkgo biloba extract in myringosclerosis: study in rats. 30 Jan 2009
• Trends in otitis media and myringtomy with tube placement among American Indian/Alaska native children and the US general population of children. 30 Jan 2009

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Technical information about 'Tympanic Membrane'

Definition: An oval semitransparent membrane separating the external EAR CANAL from the tympanic cavity (EAR, MIDDLE). It contains three layers: the skin of the external ear canal; the core of radially and circularly arranged collagen fibers; and the MUCOSA of the middle ear.

Descriptor UI: D014432

Alternative terms: Tympanic Membrane; Membrane, Tympanic; Membranes, Tympanic; Tympanic Membranes; Eardrum; Eardrums;

Related Mesh Headings: Myringoplasty; Tympanoplasty;

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities; anatomy & histology; blood supply; cytology; drug effects; embryology; enzymology; growth & development; immunology; injuries; innervation; metabolism; microbiology; parasitology; pathology; physiology; physiopathology; radiation effects; radiography; radionuclide imaging; secretion; surgery; transplantation; ultrastructure; ultrasonography; chemistry; virology;

Tree Number: A09.246.272.702;

Technical Notes: do not confuse with TYMPANUM; /surg: consider MYRINGOPLASTY & TYMPANOPLASTY