Study Of Assessment Of Quality Of Life In Patients After Mastoid Obliteration Surgery.

[摘要] Surgical options for the cholesteatoma are mainly canal wall up mastoidectomy and canal walldown mastoidectomy depending upon the preservation of posterior canal wall. This ProspectiveObservational study has been conducted on 30 patients having squamosal chronic otitis media attendingOut Patient Department of ENT.Cases of canal wall down mastoidectomy with mastoid cavityobliteration after their consent will be enrolled in the study and they will be followed up preoperativelyand postoperatively (at end of 1st month,2nd month and 3rd month) with a set of investigations andquestionnaire to assess the benefits of mastoid cavity obliteration in canal wall down mastoidectomycases. 20 (67%) out of 30 ears were having much better outcomes due to canal wall down mastoidectomywith mastoid obliteration surgery followed by 7 (23%) ears with better outcomes. 2 (7%) ears did nothave a good outcome due to recurrence and 1 (3%) ear had a good outcome. Obliteration results inachieving faster healing and a dry cavity and gives good patient satisfaction post-operatively. Therefore, itis recommended to do mastoid obliteration after canal wall down mastoidectomy procedure, preferablywith local muscle flap.

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[关键词] Mastoid obliteration surgery;dry cavity;mastoidectomy