title: Principles of endoscopic ear surgery.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this review is to study the rationale, limitations, techniques, and long-term outcomes of endoscopic ear surgery.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The article discusses the advantages of endoscopic ear surgery in treating cholesteatoma and how the hidden sites like facial recess, sinus tympani, and anterior epitympanum are easily accessed using the endoscope.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Transcanal endoscopic approach allows minimally invasive removal of cholesteatoma with results that compare well to traditional postauricular tympanomastoidectomy.
authors.affiliation: Section of Otolaryngology, American Hospital Dubai, UAE.
authors.forename: Muaaz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tarabichi
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kapadia
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D018424:Cholesteatoma, Middle Ear / Q000601:surgery; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000601:surgery*; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans