- tympanomastoidectomy
- SYN: radical mastoidectomy.
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tym·pa·no·mas·toid·ec·to·my (tim″pə-no-mas″toid-ekґtə-me) mastoidectomy with tympanectomy.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
tympanomastoidectomy
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closed-cavity tympanomastoidectomy — tympanomastoidectomy with tympanoplasty and maintenance of an intact posterior wall of the ear canal. Called also closed cavity mastoidectomy, canal wall up t. or mastoidectomy, and intact canal wall t. or mastoidectomy. Cf. open cavity t … Medical dictionary
open-cavity tympanomastoidectomy — tympanomastoidectomy with removal of the posterior wall of the ear canal, such as radical mastoidectomy and modified radical mastoidectomy. Called also open cavity mastoidectomy, and canal wall down t. or mastoidectomy. Cf. closed cavity t … Medical dictionary
canal wall down tympanomastoidectomy — open cavity t … Medical dictionary
canal wall up tympanomastoidectomy — closed cavity t … Medical dictionary
intact canal wall tympanomastoidectomy — closed cavity t … Medical dictionary
mastoidectomy — A group of operations on the mastoid process of the temporal bone and middle ear to drain, expose, or remove an infectious, inflammatory, or neoplastic lesion. [ … Medical dictionary
canal wall down mastoidectomy — open cavity tympanomastoidectomy … Medical dictionary
canal wall up mastoidectomy — closed cavity tympanomastoidectomy … Medical dictionary
closed-cavity mastoidectomy — see under tympanomastoidectomy … Medical dictionary
intact canal wall mastoidectomy — closed cavity tympanomastoidectomy … Medical dictionary
