The nurse is caring for a patient in the PACU after a tympanoplasty. A tympanoplasty is defined as:
A) Surgical repair of the eardrum
B) Surgical reconstruction of the middle ear bones
C) Incision into the tympanic membrane
D) Incision into the eardrum
Ans: A
Feedback: Surgical repair of the eardrum is termed tympanoplasty. Ossiculoplasty refers to surgical reconstruction of the middle ear bones and is performed to restore hearing. Tympanotomy, or myringotomy, is the term used to refer to incision into the tympanic membrane.
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