title: [Middle ear cholesteatoma in children. Criteria for surgical procedure in 57 cases].
abstract: Fifty five children with 57 cholesteatomas (2 bilateral cholesteatomas) were operated on by the same surgeon. The median period of follow-up was 87 months. Fifteen cases were lost to follow-up (26%). An ossicular erosion was present in 76% of cases. In the first stage, an "intact canal wall technique" (ICWT) was carried out in 44% and a "canal wall down technique" (CWDT) in 56%. A planned second stage was carried out in 76% of ICWT and 56% of CWDT. The incidence of residual cholesteatoma was 29% and the incidence of recurrent cholesteatoma was 11%. A third stage was carried out in 6 cases (11%) without residual or recurrent cholesteatoma. Finally a CWDT was performed in 65% and a ICWT in 35%. The hearing results were significantly better with ICWT but this was due to a better preoperative hearing level. Whatever the surgical technique, the hearing results were better in the presence of an intact stapes. The surgery was individualized. Although ICWT is our priority technique, it was feasible, in our experience, only in a minority of cases because of difficult ablation, insufficient eustachian tube function and very advanced sigmoid sinus or very low lying tegmen plate. Minimal postoperative cavity problems were encountered, even in children where in our experience the mastoidal pneumatisation is limited.
authors.affiliation: Service ORL et Chirurgie Cervico-Faciale, CHU de Rouen.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lerosey
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Andrieu-Guitrancourt
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Marie
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dehesdin
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018424:Cholesteatoma, Middle Ear / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome
vernacular_title: Le cholestéatome de l'oreille moyenne chez l'enfant. Critères de décision chirurgicale. A propos de 57 cas.