The mastoid air cell system in ear surgery.
Despite the overall high success rate of myringoplasty, the long-term results in ears with preoperative dysfunction of the Eustachian tube and with a small mastoid air cell system are disappointing. In this communication, we report an 83% healing rate after myringoplasty that included mastoidectomy with posterior and anterior tympanotomy in a selected group of patients with poor tubal function and small mastoids.
D000388:Air; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004432:Ear, Middle; D005064:Eustachian Tube / Q000503:physiopathology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008416:Mastoid / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009225:Myringoplasty; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis; D014945:Wound Healing