How does external auditory canal cholesteatoma operation do?

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We are not unfamiliar with a series of tumor lesions caused by people's unintentional or influenced by a variety of different factors, but we pay more attention to our own body, do not go to check, and eventually develop into a more serious disease. For example, we often say cholesteatoma otitis media this disease is very common. Cholesteatoma has some characteristics, long-term persistent purulent ear, a special stench, tympanic membrane relaxation or tension after the upper edge of the perforation. Cholesteatoma prone place is the middle ear and mastoid, and its surrounding are important organs, especially close to the cranial cavity, there is a thin bone plate separated, for this disease we should take reasonable methods of symptomatic treatment. Today, let me talk about how to do external auditory canal cholesteatoma surgery?.

How does external auditory canal cholesteatoma operation do?

First, the manifestations of this disease are various. It is not a tumor as we usually call it, but a cystic structure located in the middle ear and mastoid cavity. Generally, there are severe conductive deafness, such as the lesion involving the cochlea, mixed deafness. CT examination can determine the extent of lesions and guide surgery.

Second: during the operation, patients should be under local anesthesia or general anesthesia, ear or ear incision, under the microscope to remove cholesteatoma, at the same time, according to the different pathological changes of ear cavity plasty and tympanoplasty. After operation, the dressing was changed to complete epithelization. This method can be considered for patients with severe infection and difficult removal.

Third, radical mastoidectomy and tympanoplasty should be performed for patients with external auditory canal cholesteatoma invading the mastoid and middle ear. The operation principle is to thoroughly remove the cholesteatoma tissue and damaged dead bone, expand the external auditory canal, and restore hearing. After the operation, we must follow up and observe. If there is residual or regenerated cholesteatoma, it should be cleaned up at any time, If necessary, systemic antibiotics should be used to control the infection.

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Once the bone wall is broken, pus and bacteria can enter the brain through it, and serious intracranial complications will occur. If not treated in time, it can be life-threatening. When patients choose surgery, they can better communicate with doctors, which is also good for the treatment of diseases.