title: Validating the excision of cholesteatoma.
abstract: Use of a closed tympanomastoidectomy with subsequent staged surgical procedures until the excision of cholesteatoma is validated is described. All elements of staging in the author's 10-year experience with 354 patients is covered. After the final stage of the procedure, 90 per cent of the cases remained closed; 60 per cent of the patients had acceptable hearing.
authors.affiliation: Warren Otologic Group, Ohio.
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Schuring
mesh_terms: D002781:Cholesteatoma / Q000601:surgery*; D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008416:Mastoid / Q000601:surgery; D012008:Recurrence; D014432:Tympanic Membrane / Q000601:surgery