title: Complexities of revision mastoid surgery in a migratory population cohort.
abstract: We present a review of patients from Eastern Europe who have recently immigrated to Ireland with complicated otological disease. We carried out a retrospective chart review of these patients. These are a complicated cohort of 7 patients, 5 (71.4%) of whom had previous ear surgery, none had old notes and there was often a need for interpreters (3 or 42.8%) and challenging surgery. Follow up was also problematic with many of the patients. In summary this is a case series to highlight a relatively new group of patients to emphasize the need for pre-operative CT scans, facial nerve monitoring and the difficult nature of revision surgery with no old notes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Eccles St., Dublin 7. paullennon81@gmail.com
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lennon
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Khoo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Colreavy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003142:Communication; D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000208:ethnology / Q000601:surgery*; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005061:Europe, Eastern / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007494:Ireland; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D008416:Mastoid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D012086:Reoperation; D012189:Retrospective Studies