Tympanomastoidectomy: Comparison between canal wall-down and canal wall-up techniques in surgery for chronic otitis media

Tympanomastoidectomy: Comparison between canal wall-down and canal wall-up techniques in surgery for chronic otitis media

Summary Introduction: Chronic otitis media (COM) is an inflammatory condition associated with otorrhea as well as large and persistent perforations of the tympanic membrane in some cases. COM can also lead to cholesteatoma. Surgical treatment with canal wall-down and canal wall-up tympa...

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Main Authors: Alexandre Fernandes de Azevedo, Anna Bárbara de Castro Soares, Henrique Queiroz Correa Garchet, Nicodemos José Alves de Sousa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda. 2013-07-01
Series:International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology
Subjects:
chronic disease
otitis media
hearing loss
cholesteatoma
middle ear
reoperation
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.7162/S1809-97772013000300002

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