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The surgical management of childhood cholesteatoma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Mario Sanna*
Affiliation:
Parma, Italy
Carlo Zini
Affiliation:
Parma, Italy
Roberto Gamoletti
Affiliation:
Parma, Italy
Peppina Delogu
Affiliation:
Parma, Italy
Alessandra Russo
Affiliation:
Parma, Italy
Roberta Scandellari
Affiliation:
Parma, Italy
Abdel Taibah
Affiliation:
Parma, Italy
*
Clinica Otorinolaringoiatrica 2, Ospedale Maggiore, Via Gramsci 14, 43100 Parma—Italy.

Abstract

The results of treatment of 124 cases of childhood cholesteatoma are reported in the present study and compared with an adult group of patients.

Intact canal wall tympanoplasty was performed in over 90 per cent of cases in children and the procedure was staged in nearly 80 per cent of cases.

The children had a 43.8 per cent incidence of residual cholesteatoma and an 8.8 per cent incidence of recurrent cholesteatoma in intact canal wall tympanoplasty cases.

Intact canal wall tympanoplasty remains the technique of choice in our hands for the treatment of childhood cholesteatoma; pre-planned staging of the operation is mandatory for the detection and elimination of residual cholesteatoma which occurs more frequently in children.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1987

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