The different graft materials used for tympanoplasty are
temporalis fascia, cartilage, perichondrium, vein, fat, dura mater, and periosteum etc.3,5
Temporalis fascia is the most preferable graft material used by surgeon with success rate of 93-97% in primary tympanoplasties.
Disease clearance and facial nerve decompression was performed around 5mm on both sides of the exposed ends, and
temporalis fascia graft was used to cover the cavity wall.
These include
temporalis fascia, skin, periostea, perichondrium, dura mater, cartilage, vein, and fat.
A few weeks later, he performed an orthodromic
temporalis tendon transfer.
Meatoplasty was performed with a split-thickness skin graft on the denuded anterior EAC bony wall and a
temporalis muscle fascia graft on the tympanic membrane and mastoid bone.
All procedures were performed using an endaural incision for both
temporalis fascia graft and tragal cartilage graft harvesting.
In first stage the patient was admitted to our clinic for an orthodromic
temporalis tendon transfer.
Overall cartilage had the better closure rates (93.8%) when compared to
temporalis fascia (TF) (82.4%) as a graft material, however, with the numbers in the review, it was not shown to be statistically significant (p-value > 0.05).
The deep belly of the
temporalis muscle: an anatomical, histological and MRI study.
Multiple studies have shown that botulinum toxin injections into the masseter and
temporalis muscles result in relaxation of the muscles and improvement of bruxism and the pain associated with chronic clenching and grinding.
On the other hand, during palpation on
temporalis muscles (P=0.235), TMD associated with bruxism group felt more pain than the TMD group.
temporalis - muscle extending from the temporal fossa to the coronoid process of the mandible; acts to raise the mandible and close the jaws