Cholesteatoma in children.
The surgical management of cholesteatoma in children remains a controversial subject. Many authors hold that the disease itself is more aggressive than that seen in adults. Furthermore, there appears to be a consensus that intact canal wall procedures, if used at all, should be reserved for adults only. The purpose of this paper is to study a group of children and adults who underwent the surgical removal of their cholesteatoma by intact canal wall tympanoplasty at the Otology Group between March 1, 1971 and March 1, 1977. A comparison of the results and complications in the two groups is presented in detail.
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002781:Cholesteatoma / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008416:Mastoid / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014433:Tympanoplasty / Q000379:methods*