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4 Mastoidectomy ♦ Anatomy of the Mastoid The temporal bone anatomically consists of four bones: the mastoid, petrous, squamous, and tympanic (Fig. 4.1A,B). The pneumatized portion of the temporal bone…

2 Tympanoplasty: Indications and Technique Today the goal of successful tympanoplasty is to create a mobile tympanic membrane or graft with an aerated mucosal-lined middle ear space and a sound-conducting…

6 Situations That Arise at Surgery: Anatomical Issues This chapter addresses the unique situations that arise during cholesteatoma surgery. Some of the surgical tactics described herewith will depend on a…

8 Controversies in Cholesteatoma Surgery There are a few areas in cholesteatoma management that remain controversial, where experienced surgeons continue to hold fundamental differences of opinion about treatment options. The…

1 General Considerations in Cholesteatoma Cholesteatoma is an antiquated term that has persisted through generations of use. Cholesteatoma would have been better named keratoma.1 It is a growth of keratinizing…

10 Recidivism The possibility of disease recurrence makes the surgical manage ment of cholesteatoma challenging. Recurrent cholesteatoma is defined as cholesteatoma that re-forms after complete surgical excision. Residual cholesteatoma is…

11 Complications of the Disease Acute and chronic otitis media, with or without cholesteatoma, consists of inflammation of the pneumatized spaces of the temporal bone, which include the eustachian tube,…

9 Congenital Cholesteatoma Congenital cholesteatoma is cholesteatoma that occurs in a child, behind an intact tympanic membrane.1 Congenital cholesteatoma is thought to arise from an epithelial rest that gets trapped…

5 The Meatus and Cavity Management ♦ Cholesteatoma The external auditory meatus is often not given its due importance in discussions of ear disease and ear surgery. The meatus is…