Cholesteatoma surgery in children: long-term results of the inside-out technique

Roth, Thomas; Ziglinas, Panagiotis; Haeusler, Rudolf; Caversaccio, Marco (2013). Cholesteatoma surgery in children: long-term results of the inside-out technique. International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology, 77(5), pp. 843-846. Elsevier 10.1016/j.ijporl.2013.03.002

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OBJECTIVE

To present the anatomical and functional results of the inside-out technique applied in pediatric cholestetaoma surgery and to evaluate functionality with good hearing results against radicality with lower recurrence rate.

METHODS

Retrospective analysis and evaluation of the postoperative outcome in a consecutive series of 126 children or 130 ears operated between 1992 and 2008. With the inside-out technique, cholesteatoma is eradicated from the epitympanum toward the mastoid and, as a single stage procedure, functional reconstruction of the middle ear is achieved by tympanoossiculoplasty.

RESULTS

In 89.2% of all cases, the ear was dry postoperatively. 80.9% of the ears reached a postoperative air-bone gap of 30 dB or less and the median air conduction hearing threshold was 29 dB; in 60.9% of all cases, hearing was postoperatively improved. The recurrence rate was 16.2% in a mean postoperative follow-up 8.5 years. Altogether, 48 ears (36.9%) underwent revision surgery. The complication rate was 3.1% and involved only minor complications.

CONCLUSION

The inside-out technique allows a safe removal of cholesteatoma from the epitympanum toward the mastoid with a single-stage reconstruction of the ossicular chain. For this reason we support our individual approach, which allows creation of the smallest possible cavity for the size of the cholesteatoma. Our results confirm that the inside-out technique is effective in the treatment of pediatric cholesteatoma.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Head Organs and Neurology (DKNS) > Clinic of Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders (ENT)
UniBE Contributor:	Roth, Thomas, Ziglinas, Panagiotis, Caversaccio, Marco
Subjects:	600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health
ISSN:	0165-5876
Publisher:	Elsevier
Language:	English
Submitter:	Martin Kompis
Date Deposited:	07 Mar 2014 10:10
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 14:29
Publisher DOI:	10.1016/j.ijporl.2013.03.002
PubMed ID:	23566425
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Cholesteatoma surgery; Pediatric cholesteatoma; Canal wall-down mastoidectomy; Canal wall-up mastoidectomy
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/43564