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Obliteration Of Mastoid And Middle Ear For Severe Trauma To The Temporal Bone
Author(s) -
Kveton John F.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-198712000-00001
Subject(s) - temporal bone , middle ear , medicine , audiology , anatomy
A review of four cases of severe trauma to the temporal bone involving fracture of the external auditory canal indicates that adipose obliteration of the mastoid and middle‐ear cleft with closure of the external auditory canal is the optimal method of repair. In two of four patients, one‐stage repair was successful using this technique, and in the other two patients, obliteration was required as a revision operation after cholesteatoma developed from previous procedures.