What are the long-term side effects of tympanoplasty?

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asked Oct 7 in Other- Health by Typohnename (500 points)
What are the long-term side effects of tympanoplasty?

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answered Oct 7 by Quackenbush (11,470 points)
The long term side effects of a tympanoplasty are possible facial nerve paralysis, taste disturbance, perforation and hearing loss.

After a tympanoplasty hearing loss may not improve or may get worse in some cases, the eardrum hole may reappear.

The nerve that supplies the taste to the tongue may be affected, causing temporary or permanent taste disturbance and the facial nerve can be injured and cause temporary or permanent paralysis.

A tympanoplasty is a major surgery as you'll be put under anesthesia although the tympanoplasty is a very safe procedure and most people come out of the tympanoplasty just without any complications.

A tympanoplasty is not painful at all as you will be asleep and under general anesthesia during the tympanoplasty procedure.

You may feel some slight aching of the ear for a few hours to a few days but it should not be painful.

You are not awake during a tympanoplasty because you are under general anesthesia and will be asleep and unable to feel pain the entire time during the tympanoplasty.

Most people can go home the same day after the tympanoplasty.

A tympanoplasty costs around $3,913.00 to $5,978.00 for the tympanoplasty eardrum repair surgery.

The cost of tympanoplasty also known as eardrum repair surgery varies depending on the location, type of procedure and the hospital that does the tympanoplasty surgery.

The cost of a tympanoplasty in Arizona for example is around $9,527.00 and in California the cost can be as much as $10,455.00

A tympanoplasty is covered by health insurance.

Because a tympanoplasty is medically necessary to restore your hearing after eardrum perforation or injury it is covered by most major health insurance providers.

A tympanoplasty is a surgical procedure that repairs a perforated eardrum, also known as the tympanic membrane.

The goal of the tympanoplasty surgery is to restore hearing and prevent reinfection.

Microscopic and endoscopic approaches are utilized for tympanoplasty.

A tympanoplasty is major surgery because you're usually given general anesthesia.

During a tympanoplasty the surgeon patches the eardrum using a graft (soft tissue from the patient's body, such as fascia or cartilage) or manufactured material.

Recovery after tympanoplasty takes a few days to several weeks, but it may take two months or longer for the eardrum to fully heal and for hearing to improve.

In small perforations, the operation can be easily performed under local anesthesia with a medicine that makes you drowsy (sedative).

You may get mild, intermittent ear pain during the first 2 weeks after surgery and that is OK.

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