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Descriptor English: Tympanoplasty
Descriptor Spanish: Timpanoplastia
Descriptor timpanoplastia
Scope note: Reconstrucción quirúrgica del mecanismo auditivo del oído medio, con restablecimiento de la membrana del tímpano para proteger la ventana redonda frente a la presión sonora, y con el restablecimiento de la continuidad de los huesecillos entre la membrana del tímpano y la ventana oval. (Dorland, 28a de)
Descriptor Portuguese: Timpanoplastia
Descriptor French: Tympanoplastie
Entry term(s): Tympanoplasties
Tree number(s): E04.580.450.873
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014433
Scope note: Surgical reconstruction of the hearing mechanism of the middle ear, with restoration of the drum membrane to protect the round window from sound pressure, and establishment of ossicular continuity between the tympanic membrane and the oval window. (Dorland, 28th ed.)
Annotation: repair of tympanic membrane perforation = MYRINGOPLASTY
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Public MeSH Note: 66
History Note: 66(64)
Related: Myringoplasty MeSH
DeCS ID: 14833
Unique ID: D014433
NLM Classification: WV 225
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1997/06/20
Tympanoplasty - Preferred
Concept UI M0022182
Scope note Surgical reconstruction of the hearing mechanism of the middle ear, with restoration of the drum membrane to protect the round window from sound pressure, and establishment of ossicular continuity between the tympanic membrane and the oval window. (Dorland, 28th ed.)
Preferred term Tympanoplasty
Entry term(s) Tympanoplasties



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