title: Mastoidectomy and epitympanotomy.
abstract: The procedure of mastoidectomy and epitympanotomy effected a two-year arrest of serous otitis media and correction of a refractory retraction pocket in 12 out of 20 patients with one patient lost to follow-up. Each mastoid and epitympanum was extensively involved with chronically inflamed tissue which surrounded the ossicles and chorda tympani nerve.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008416:Mastoid / Q000601:surgery*; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014432:Tympanic Membrane / Q000601:surgery*