After tympanic membrane repair surgery, you can usually ride a moving train for more than 3 months.
Tympanic membrane repair, or tympanoplasty, is a routine surgical procedure for the treatment of tympanic membrane perforation. Autologous or allogeneic grafts are selected and attached to the residual tympanic membrane grafting bed by lining, sandwiching or external methods, and gelatin sponges are used to fill and pad the inner and outer sides of the tympanic membrane in order to promote healing of the wound and achieve the effect of repairing the damaged tympanic membrane and restoring the structure of the middle ear’s sound transmitting structure.
Since the tympanic membrane has fewer capillaries and poorer blood supply and circulation, the grafts need to rely on the blood vessels in the tympanic membrane remnant tissue to climb and grow and survive. Initial healing usually takes about 1 month, while the pressure balance within the tympanic cavity is stabilized and complete fusion of the traumatic tissue takes about 3 months.
During this period, the pressure changes inside and outside the tympanic membrane caused by traveling in a moving car can easily deform the tympanic membrane, and there is a risk of rupture of the traumatic edge.
It would be prudent for postoperative tympanic membrane repair patients to travel by train more than 3 months after surgery, after which the chances of the above risks will be relatively low, and the specific requirements can be obtained from the surgeon’s advice.