Cholesteatoma Treated by Different Types of Mastoid Surgery

Canal-Wall-Up Tympanomastoidectomy with Facial Recess Dissection Although I personally no longer perform mastoid surgery, I often get asked by patients with cholesteatoma to please clarify what are the differences among the mastoid surgeries proposed by their ear surgeon. Ear anatomy is complex and the surgery to address such a complex area is also not easy to understand. As such, a new webpage has been created to not so much explain what cholesteatoma is (a destructive cyst-like skin…

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Mastoid Surgery Video (Basic to Radical Mastoidectomy)

This video demonstrates what mastoid surgery is. Both animation and actual surgery are shown to illustrate how a basic mastoidectomy to radical mastoidectomy is performed. This type of extensive surgery is usually done whenever extensive ear disease is present, whether infection or cholesteatoma . The video also demonstrates why such surgery has a risk of: facial paralysis since the facial nerve does through this bone. taste loss/change since the chorda tympani nerve (responsible for…

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