OBJECTIVES Although it is well recognized that a small meatus after canal wall down (CWD) tympanomastoidectomy can cause a lifetime problem, unsatisfactory results are frequently encountered. We herein introduce a novel technique, perichondrial posterior fixation (PPF), to maintain a wide external auditory canal (EAC), to minimize postoperative wound infection due to the smaller dead space and ...

OBJECTIVES To determine whether ossicular reconstruction (OCR) performed concurrent with tympanomastoidectomy for cholesteatoma results in significantly different hearing results when compared to OCR performed in a separate, staged procedure. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective. MATERIALS AND METHODS Study subjects were patients undergoing OCR within a 2-year period. Intervention was OCR concurrent ...

We report a unusual case of complicated temporal lobe abscess following tympanomastoidectomy in a 26-year-old Chinese man here. The patient complained of binaural recurrent purulent discharge accompanied by hearing loss more than 10 years, then he received a right tympanomastoidectomy three months ago, but 3 weeks after surgery, he started to experience fierce headache and nausea and so on. The...

cholesteatoma, adhesive otitis and tympanosclerosis who underwent canal wall-down tympanomastoidectomy or canal wall-up tympanomastoidectomy. Materials and Methods: We performed a retrospective study in a tertiary referral hospital of operated 228 patients between April 2008 and June 2013. Using intraoperative findings, data were collected regarding the patients’ age upon presentation, gender, ...

OBJECTIVES In this study, we aimed to evaluate the anatomical and functional results of open cavity tympanomastoidectomy due to chronic otitis media with cholesteatoma. PATIENTS AND METHODS Between January 2003 and October 2009, 166 patients who underwent open cavity tympanomastoidectomy due to chronic otitis media with cholesteatoma in our clinic were retrospectively analyzed. Seventy-two ea...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To evaluate the correlation between the surgeon's intraoperative findings and histopathologic diagnosis of cholesteatoma specimens and the associated health care cost in requesting pathologic evaluation. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective chart analysis. METHODS Chart data were collected at a tertiary neurotology referral center from patients undergoing tympanomastoidectomy fo...