title: [Elective mastoidectomy with reconstruction of the posterior wall or filling of mastoid cavity. Results].
abstract: From the 80's and facing the different approaches available to asses which one offered more benefits between all of them, the surgery to the demand has its place. The objective of this work is to determine the audio-surgical results in the patients with aticomastoidectomy to demand with reconstruction of later wall or stuffing of the mastoid cavity, and to show the results three years later. A prospective and descriptive study in 22 patients who underwent a mastoidectomy to demand using outologous cartilage for the reconstruction of the later wall, and bone powder obtained from the surgical drilling to fill up the mastoid cavity.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico Hermanos Ameijeiras, La Habana.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Paz Cordovés
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: García de Hombre
authors.forename: O L
authors.initials: OL
authors.lastname: Vicente Pérez
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cordova Ramos
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Montero Leyva
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017558:Elective Surgical Procedures; D006801:Humans; D008416:Mastoid / Q000601:surgery*; D008417:Mastoiditis / Q000601:surgery*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures