[Evaluation of factors that affect the technique to be used in cholesteatoma surgery] (original) (raw)

Kulak burun boğaz ihtisas dergisi : KBB = Journal of ear, nose, and throat, 2007

Abstract

We investigated factors that affect the technique to be used in cholesteatoma surgery. The study included 186 patients who underwent surgery for suppurative chronic otitis media with cholesteatoma. Open technique (group A) was used in 143 patients, and closed technique (group B) was used in 43 patients. The two groups were compared with respect to medical (age, sex, hearing loss, mastoid pneumatization, site of cholesteatoma, complications) and paramedical (education level, postoperative patient compliance, health insurance, the season at the time of operation) factors. Medical factors that differed significantly between the two groups included the degree of hearing loss, site of cholesteatoma, and presence of complications. The only significant difference was in education level among the paramedical factors. A great majority of patients with a hearing loss above 60 dB were in group A. Cholesteatoma was localized in the middle ear and attic in 10 patients, and in the antrum and/or m...

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