OBJECTIVE To analyse patients with cholesteatoma undergoing canal wall down mastoidectomy together with ossicular reconstruction with a titanium prosthesis, in order to identify factors associated with hearing outcomes. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective review of 97 cases undergoing single-stage surgical management. METHODS All patients underwent canal wall down mastoidectomy. Kurz titanium ossicu...

Otogenic intracranial infections usually require both neurosurgical and otolaryngological surgery. This prospective, non-randomized study investigated the value of combining both surgical procedures. Thirteen patients with otogenic intracranial abscess were treated by mastoidectomy and abscess removal through the same incision between 1993 and 2002. Another 12 patients underwent abscess removal...

This study was done to compare the pre and post-operative hearing results in patients undergoing canal wall down mastoidectomy with classical type III tympanoplasty using temporalis fascia alone. Patients of >or=5 years age with the diagnosis of Chronic otitis media (squamous) with conductive or mixed hearing loss, needing canal wall down mastoidectomy and with intact and mobile stapes suprastr...

The incidence of solitary brain stem abscess is less than 4% of all posterior fossa abscesses, and probably less than 1% of all intracranial abscesses. Two cases are reported, both presenting as chronic progressive clinical problems and initially diagnosed as gliomas. It is suggested that aspiration is a more suitable treatment than excision, and that in cases secondary to otogenic disease, rad...

introduction: otorrhea and granulation tissue in canal wall down mastoidectomy (cwd) is the common problem in cholesteatoma removal and leads to many discomfort for both the patient and the physician. the main objective in cwd is creating the dry cavity, so the topical antibiotic and acetic acid in variable saturations are used for this purpose. in this study we evaluate the effectiveness of to...

Abstract Background Granulation tissue (GT) formation is a complication of otologic surgeries. We aimed to assess the rate GT following these procedures and their outcome. Methods This cross-sectional study was performed from 2015 2019. Patients who underwent tympanomastoidectomy (either CWD or ICW) stapedotomy were included. Demographic other related data gathered. Four weeks after surgery, pa...