An operative method is presented which allows reconstruction of the normal ear canal and of the middle ear after radical mastoid surgery. The tympanoplasty is made using a large fascial graft which, together with a postauricular musculoperiosteal flap, seals off the cavity from the middle ear, and from the ear canal.
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T. Palva (1963) studied this question.