myringoplasty
- noun
- /ˌmɪrɪŋɡəˈplæsti/
- Specialized
- The surgeon performed a myringoplasty to repair the child's perforated eardrum using a tissue graft.
- a bilateral myringoplasty
- graft myringoplasty
- adipose myringoplasty
Examples
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Five underwent successful paper-patch myringoplasty, and the remaining four required middle ear surgery.
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We perform many of our persistent tube removal and myringoplasty procedures for smaller perforations in the clinic with patients under local anesthesia.
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Management strategies included observation, office myringoplasty, and middle ear or mastoid surgery.
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Dr. Harvey Coates: In the late 1970s, an Aboriginal child was undergoing a bilateral myringoplasty in our hospital.
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The results after simultaneous bilateral fat graft myringoplasties in children have not been previously reported in the literature.
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If postoperative insertion of PE tubes is considered a failed myringoplasty, then the success rate drops to 77%.
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We conclude that bilateral fat graft myringoplasties are safe to perform, with an excellent success rate, and are suitable as outpatient procedures.
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Camnitz and Bost treated 50 patients with paper-patch myringoplasty and reported a similar closure rate: 92%.
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We report on 28 children who underwent bilateral fat graft myringoplasties as outpatient procedures under general anesthesia.
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In our study, all 18 acute, traumatic perforations healed—13 spontaneously and 5 with paper-patch myringoplasty.
Academic text (2006)
Synonyms
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An operation to fix the eardrum or small bones in the middle ear to improve hearing
How Invasive
Surface Forms
Morphology
myringoplasty = myringo + plasty
The term is built from specialized medical combining forms, so its meaning is not recoverable for most B1 learners even if the form is segmentable.
Etymology
Myringoplasty comes from the part myringo- meaning 'eardrum' and the ending -plasty meaning 'to shape' or 'repair', the same root behind plastic (things you can shape). So a myringoplasty is a surgery to 'shape' or fix the eardrum, often using a small piece of tissue to close a hole.