title: Long-term results of various surgical treatments for cholesteatoma.
abstract: The authors have studied 11 series of results following cholesteatoma surgery by closed or open technique. The closed technique was performed in 77%. The notion of surgical revision is not accepted by all surgeons; it is practised with an average of 59% for the whole series. Residual cholesteatoma and/or recurrences are observed in 34% of the cases of which 20% have been discovered at the time of revision surgery. Surgical revision appears mandatory to the authors.
authors.affiliation: ENT Dept., University of Louvain, Cliniques Universitaires St. Luc, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gersdorff
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vilain
mesh_terms: D002781:Cholesteatoma / Q000601:surgery*; D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D007758:Ear, Inner / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods