A one-stage, versatile procedure: intact-bridge mastoidectomy.
Patients who have never had otologic surgery or whose previous surgery has preserved the bridge or canal wall can undergo an intact-bridge mastoidectomy. The intact-bridge mastoidectomy can achieve the advantages of improved hearing (as in intact-wall techniques) and eradicated cholesteatoma (as in open-cavity techniques). This article reviews the surgical techniques of intact-bridge mastoidectomy.
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Minnesota Ear, Head, and Neck Clinic, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454, USA.
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