Otologic surgery is performed for a variety of reasons including treatment of recurrent ear infections, alleviation of dizziness, and restoration of hearing loss. A typical ear surgery consists of a tympanomastoidectomy in which both the middle ear is explored via a tympanic membrane flap and the bone behind the ear is removed via mastoidectomy to treat disease and/or provide additional access....

Background: Eradication of cholesteatoma and hearing function restoration in paediatric patients present unique surgical challenges. The balance between these two goals is related to an individualized approach which is needed for the treatment of pediatric cholesteatoma. Objective: To evaluate management strategy for pediatric cholesteatoma, by performing Canal Wall Up (CWU) and Canal Wall Down...

Background: To evaluate the long-term surgical outcome(s) in patients who have undergone canal-wall-down operation with mastoid and epitympanic obliteration using autologous cortical bone chips, bone pate and meatally-based musculoperiosteal flap technique. Method: Retrospective evaluation of seventy patients operated during 1986–1991 due to a cholesteatoma. An otomicroscopy was performed to ev...