OBJECTIVE: To evaluate clinical and audiologic data as well as operative findings and postoperative follow-up in the management of chronic @entity2346 media with @entity1467 ( @entity1467 ). STUDY DESIGN: A retrospective review of cases followed up between 1990 and 2002. SETTING: Tertiary referral centre. METHOD: Two hundred one @entity1 with @entity102 media with @entity3540 underwent @entity1467 . MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Clinical presentation, surgical findings, and audiologic evaluation were assessed. RESULTS: Preoperatively, eight @entity1 suffered from vertigo and four presented with @entity3541 . In 40 @entity1 (20%), erosion of the lateral semicircular canal was found, and in 31 @entity1 (15%), there was dehiscence of the facial nerve canal. @entity450 and sinus plate dehiscence were found in 13 and 17 @entity1 , respectively. Nine @entity1 experienced @entity532 at their admission. The malleus was noted to be intact in the majority of @entity1 in all age groups. The incus was eroded or absent in most of the cases in all age groups. On postoperative evaluation 3 months after surgery, 195 audiograms were performed, with a mean pure-tone average of 55 dB HL and a mean air-bone gap of 30 dB HL. CONCLUSION: Although @entity1467 has the disadvantages of the necessity to avoid water insertion in the external auditory canal and lifelong mastoid care, it is an effective treatment in a single-step procedure for @entity1 with @entity1442 and for those who refuse to submit to postoperative follow-up.

Canal wall down mastoidectomy for XXXX : experience at the University of Crete.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity532 :: ('MESH:D003925', 'Disease') :: ['serious endocranial complications'] @entity102 :: ('MESH:D002908', 'Disease') :: ['chronic otitis'] @entity450 :: ('MESH:D006940', 'Disease') :: ['Dural plate erosion'] @entity3540 :: ('MESH:D002781', 'Disease') :: ['cholesteatoma'] @entity1467 :: ('MESH:D004314', 'Disease') :: ['canal wall down mastoidectomy', 'CWDM'] @entity1442 :: ('MESH:D020178', 'Disease') :: ['advanced disease'] @entity3541 :: ('MESH:D005158', 'Disease') :: ['facial nerve paralysis'] @entity2346 :: ('MESH:D010031', 'Disease') :: ['cholesteatomatous otitis']
@entity3540 :: (MESH:D002781,Disease) :: ['cholesteatoma']
