[Reconstructive mastoidoplasty following sanitation surgery on the ear]

The objective of the present study was to enhance the effectiveness of surgical rehabilitation of the patients presenting with "operated ear disease". Sixty four patients underwent sanitation surgery on the ear by means of plastic correction with the use of a muscular-periosteal flap on a feeding pedicle with the simultaneous restoration of the posterior wall of the external auditory canal by the implantation of septal autocartilage. The surgical technique is described. The analysis of long-term results of the treatment of such patients has demonstrated its high efficacy.