title: [Clinical analysis of 20 cases of carcinoma of the middle ear].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  In order to deeply realized the cancer of middle ear, a retrospective analysis of 20 cases was done.
  
  
  METHODS
  The combined treatment (operation plus radiation) were adopted for all of them. The surgical procedures included sleeve resection for 14 cases, temporal bone resection for 3 cases, subtotal temporal bone resection for 3 cases. There patients with cervical metastases were treated by postoperative radiotherapy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The survival rates for three years, five years, ten years were 50.0% (11/20), 45.0% (9/20) and 30.1% (6/20), respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients of cancer middle ear located mastoid process who were treated by sleeve resection or temporal bone resection were suitable for radiation therapy and clearing the cancer and reducing infection. If the can cer exceeded mastoid process, patients must undergo subtotal temporal bone resection. However, there were dysfunction included hearing, vestibular and facial nerve.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, General Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060.
authors.forename: Xinchun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Meng
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008416:Mastoid / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000601:surgery