Reconstruction of the middle ear with tragal cartilage.
A surgical technique for reconstruction of a well-ventilated middle ear space using tragal cartilage has been developed. Our technique was designed so as to secure an atticoantrum cavity and a complement of posterior tympanic annulus with a cartilage. This technique can be utilized in a radical mastoidectomy cavity at an original surgery and at a revision.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002356:Cartilage / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D002781:Cholesteatoma / Q000601:surgery; D004431:Ear, External / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008416:Mastoid / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000601:surgery; D014433:Tympanoplasty / Q000379:methods*