Radical Tympanomastoidectomy

Radical Tympanomastoidectomy

Definition

A therapeutic surgical procedure that involves the removal of the posterior and superior walls of the external auditory canal, the remnants of the tympanic membrane, and the middle ear ossicles (except the stapes footplate), resulting in the conversion of these spaces into a common cavity.

Also known as Radical Tympanomastoidectomy — per NCIT

Also identified as

Anatomy

Organ Relation Source
Mastoid process of temporal bone Procedure Has Excised Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Tympanic membrane Procedure Has Excised Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Craniocervical region Procedure Has Target Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0