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Cholesteatoma surgery in children: 10-year retrospective review

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 February 2012

V Visvanathan ,
H Kubba  and
M S C Morrissey
V Visvanathan*
Affiliation:
Department of ENT/Head and Neck Surgery, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
H Kubba
Affiliation:
Department of ENT/Head and Neck Surgery, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
M S C Morrissey
Affiliation:
Department of ENT/Head and Neck Surgery, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
*
Address for correspondence: Mr V Visvanathan, Specialist Trainee, Department of ENT/Head and Neck Surgery, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Dalnair St, Glasgow G3 8SJ, Scotland, UK Fax: +44 (0)141 201 0001 E-mail: vikranth.visvanathan@nhs.net
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Abstract

Objective:

To review outcomes following paediatric cholesteatoma surgery performed between 1999 and 2009 in a tertiary paediatric ENT unit.

Study design:

Retrospective case note review.

Results:

A total of 137 mastoid procedures were recorded. Fifty-four per cent of children were observed to have disease involving the entire middle-ear cleft and mastoid complex. The revision rate was 25 per cent. Time to recurrence was one to three years in 17 patients, three to six years in five patients, and six to nine years in three cases. Eight of 25 revision cases demonstrated spontaneous improvement in air conduction thresholds following primary surgery. A high facial ridge and inadequate meatoplasty correlated highly with disease recurrence.

Conclusion:

Children tend to present with aggressive disease. Disease extent and ossicular chain involvement are associated with a higher risk of recurrent disease. Spontaneous improvement in hearing thresholds following cholesteatoma surgery should alert the clinician to recurrent disease.

Keywords

ChildCholesteatomaMastoidectomy

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 126 , Issue 5 , May 2012 , pp. 450 - 453
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 2012

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