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.
Avraham
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Department of Otolaryngology, Meir Hospital, Kfar Saba, Israel.
Luntz
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Sadé
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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