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Introduction The word cholesteatoma is connected to Johannes Mueller, a German pathologist who introduced it in the year 1838 as a term for a “tumeur perleé,” which had previously been…

The technical definition of otitis media is inflammation of the middle ear space without any reference to etiology, and, in medical terms, a chronic condition typically persists at least 3…

The development of the rigid rod endoscope by Hopkins in the 1950s opened a new path for surgery in almost every branch of the discipline. Although endoscopes have been used…

Canal wall-down (CWD) mastoidectomy is a surgical procedure that, in its most common application, involves removal of the superior and posterior bony external auditory canal wall such that a continuous…

As every middle ear surgeon can attest, achieving good hearing results from middle ear reconstruction is difficult and unpredictable, with a myriad of factors impacting the outcomes. Published hearing results…

The use of cartilage in middle ear surgery is not a new concept and has been recommended on a limited basis to manage retraction pockets for many years.1,​2 More recently,…

Canalplasty refers to the surgical procedure that attempts to restore or create the natural contour and patency of the external auditory canal (EAC). Meatoplasty, on the other hand, describes the…

An unstable canal wall-down mastoidectomy cavity has the potential to impart a major negative impact on a patient’s quality of life due to the collective burden of chronic otorrhea, frequent…

Meticulous removal of disease is a requirement common to the various types of cholesteatoma surgery. Although this may be pursued via one of a variety of described techniques for surgical…

Although there are numerous procedures for external auditory canal wall reconstruction after its removal during cholesteatoma surgery, the soft-wall canal reconstruction (SWCR) technique, first reported by Smith et al in…