The effect of mastoid surgery on atelectatic ears and retraction pockets.
Forty children and 53 adults with a total of 111 atelectatic ears were operated on and followed up. Eight-four ears underwent tympanoplasty, while 27 ears underwent both a tympanoplasty and a mastoid operation. There were no statistically significant differences between the two operation groups as far as their age groups and the extent of the disease present. After follow-up of over 4 years, aeration of the middle ear was found to be better in the tympanoplasty group alone when compared with ears with also had mastoid operations.
Department of Otolaryngology, Meir Hospital, Kfar Saba, Israel.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000145:classification / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008416:Mastoid / Q000601:surgery*; D008876:Middle Ear Ventilation; D012008:Recurrence; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014432:Tympanic Membrane / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014433:Tympanoplasty