title: [Removal of petrous bone cholesteatoma and obliteration with adipose tissue].
abstract: Three cases of petrous bone cholesteatoma removed through translabyrinthine-cochlear approach with the surgical defect obliterated by using adipose tissue covered with superficial temporalis fasia flap were reported. The average follow-up period was two years without any sign of recurrence. The etiology, diagnosis and methods of surgical treatment were discussed.
authors: Affiliated Hospital of Shandong Medical University, Jinan.
authors: Z
authors: Z
authors: Yu
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Wang
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Ding
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D002781:Cholesteatoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010579:Petrous Bone / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed