Tympanoplasty

Tympanoplasty is the surgical procedure performed to repair a perforated tympanic membrane, with/ without reconstruction of the ossicles, with the aim of preventing reinfection and restoring hearing ability. Microscopic and endoscopic approaches are utilized for tympanoplasty. During a tympanoplasty, your surgeon will cut behind your ear to reach the ear canal, or work through your ear canal directly. After lifting your eardrum, the hole is filled using a graft of your own cartilage, a connective tissue graft, or a synthetic material graft.  After the surgery, unless there are complications, you should be released to go home after spending one night of observation in the hospital following your procedure. Sometimes you may even be discharged and allowed to go home on the same day as the surgery.