Intact canal wall mastoidectomy.
A series of 70 cholesteatoma patients is reported. The incidence of recurrent and residual cholesteatoma following intact canal wall mastoidectomy (ICWM) is 22%. Revision surgery is discussed, and data are presented to support performing ICWM as a revision procedure. The place of ICWM in chronic ear surgery is discussed.
D002781:Cholesteatoma / Q000601:surgery*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004424:Ear Canal / Q000601:surgery; D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008416:Mastoid / Q000601:surgery*; D008722:Methods; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000601:surgery; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014433:Tympanoplasty