title: Releasing incisions of the tympanic membrane in type III tympanoplasty.
abstract: Myringostapediopexy may be used as part of tympanoplasty following mastoid operations. We describe a technique of placing releasing incisions on the tympanic membrane to ensure good contact between it and the stapes head.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Singleton Hospital, Swansea, UK. manoj.kumar@doctors.org.uk
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Puttasiddaiah
mesh_terms: D006314:Hearing Loss, Conductive / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008416:Mastoid / Q000601:surgery; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000601:surgery; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation; D013199:Stapes; D014432:Tympanic Membrane / Q000601:surgery*; D014433:Tympanoplasty / Q000379:methods*