{"id":2516,"date":"2022-12-19T16:40:45","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T22:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entillinois.fm1.dev\/?page_id=2516"},"modified":"2023-03-14T17:59:26","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T22:59:26","slug":"tympanoplasty-ear-drum-patching","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/entillinois.com\/ent\/tympanoplasty-ear-drum-patching\/","title":{"rendered":"Tympanoplasty (Ear Drum patching)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tympanoplasty (Ear Drum patching)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A tympanoplasty or myringoplasty is the procedure performed to patch the tympanic membrane. The patching material usually involves taking a small under skin tissue graft from behind the ear. This leaves a small scar behind the ear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A patching procedure generally works about 75-90 % of the time. If the graft does not \u201ctake\u201d; the procedure can be repeated. Children must keep water out of their ear for at least 1 month following the procedure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Complications are unusual but can include: Graft failure, hearing loss, infection, persisting perforation, cyst formation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\r\n Call Ear, Nose & Throat Specialists of Illinois for more information or to schedule an appointment.\r\n <\/div>\r\n
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Tympanoplasty (Ear Drum patching) A tympanoplasty or myringoplasty is the procedure performed to patch the tympanic membrane. The patching material usually involves taking a small under skin tissue graft from behind the ear. This leaves a small scar behind the ear. A patching procedure generally works about 75-90 % of the time. If the graft…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1583,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"service_tags":[],"class_list":["post-2516","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entillinois.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entillinois.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entillinois.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entillinois.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entillinois.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entillinois.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2516\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entillinois.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entillinois.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"service_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entillinois.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service_tags?post=2516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}