Open AccessCan Long-Term Hearing Preservation be Expected in Children following Cholesteatoma Surgery? Results from a 14-Year-Long Study of Atticotomy-Limited Mastoidectomy with Cartilage Reconstruction
Author(s) -
ChinLung Kuo,
AnSuey Shiao,
WenHuei Liao,
ChingYin Ho,
Chiang-Feng Lien
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
audiology and neurotology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.106
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1421-9700
pISSN - 1420-3030
DOI - 10.1159/000341985
Subject(s) - mastoidectomy , medicine , cholesteatoma , surgery , otologic surgical procedures , middle ear
Following cholesteatoma surgery, effective long-term hearing preservation in children is difficult and is not typically expected. Hence, long-term data on hearing outcomes are lacking. The aim of this study was to analyze long-term hearing outcomes in children following cholesteatoma surgery.
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