title: Mastoid misery: quantifying the distress in a radical cavity.
abstract: Seventy-eight mastoid cavities were studied in 39 patients who required revision surgery for troublesome symptoms. A retrospective questionnaire was used to assign a symptom score to each patient in his pre and post-operative condition. The 5 leading symptoms of pain, wax, discharge, smell and giddiness were reviewed. A score of 15 points represented the worst case and zero the best. The average improvement after surgery was 4.7 points. Hearing was not considered in this study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Males
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Gray
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008416:Mastoid / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012086:Reoperation; D012189:Retrospective Studies