Surgery for Hearing Mastoidectomy is a type of ear surgery performed to extirpate ear infection or cholesteatoma. This is a condition called the “ unsafe” ear because if left unattended, it can progress to pus formation in adjacent areas like the brain and neck. Occasionally, this becomes life threatening. The main objective of mastoidectomy is: […]
Mastoidectomy
Mastoidectomy is a surgery of the ear to remove diseased bone and tissue – Cholesteatoma. During your first visit you will undergo an otoscopic examination , an audiogram and a CT of the temporal bone. Based on your investigations Dr Abhineet will discuss with you the treatment which could be any of the following :
1. Closed Tympanomastoidectomy
2. Open Tympanomastoidectomy
Dr Abhineet believes in hearing reconstruction at the primary surgery and only if there is extensive destruction of the hearing bone ,will he advise a staged reconstruction .