title: Mastoid cavity obliteration: our experience.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A chronic discharging ear has been a challenge for the otologists for centuries. The mainstay of treatment for cholesteatoma is surgery and the surgical treatment of choice is modified radical mastoidectomy. The open mastoidectomy technique has been the mainstay of management of chronic ear disease; however this type of surgery is not without its problem. It results in the formation of a mastoid cavity which has various problems. Mastoid obliteration is done to eliminate the cavity related problems.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To study surgical results of mastoid obliteration, efficacy of different methods of mastoid obliteration, cavity problems and the need of cavity care.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study was conducted on 30 subjects having evidence of attico-antral type of disease in middle ear cleft. The mastoid cavity was obliterated with either cartilage/bone dust/flaps Scientific design-prospective study.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Incidence of discharge, debris, giddiness, pain was reduced in obliterated cavities. Healing of cavity was better in obliterated ears. Cavity obliterated with bone dust and flap had better and early epithelialisation as compared to cartilage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngoloy & Head-Neck Services, Seth GS Medical College, KEM Hospital, Parel Mumbai 400012, India. drshraddhadeshmukh@yahoo.co.in
authors.forename: Shraddha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Deshmukh
authors.forename: Arpit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Jyoti
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dabholkar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D018786:Bone Substitutes; D002356:Cartilage / Q000637:transplantation*; D002648:Child; D018424:Cholesteatoma, Middle Ear / Q000601:surgery*; D004424:Ear Canal / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008416:Mastoid / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D018786:Bone Substitutes