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Validating the excision of cholesteatoma
1Warren Otologic Group, Ohio.
Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America
|October 1, 1989
Abstract:
Use of a closed tympanomastoidectomy with subsequent staged surgical procedures until the excision of cholesteatoma is validated is described. All elements of staging in the author's 10-year experience with 354 patients is covered. After the final stage of the procedure, 90 per cent of the cases remained closed; 60 per cent of the patients had acceptable hearing.