Maintenance of conization of the drumhead in tympanoplasty.
Temporal fascia placed medially to the tympanic remnants with the malleus handle exteriorized has been used successfully in over 1,200 tympanoplasties with adequate conization of the drumhead produced in most cases.
D005205:Fascia / Q000637:transplantation; D006801:Humans; D009225:Myringoplasty / Q000379:methods*