Lin Chuang Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi
July 2024
To analyze the surgical efficacy and safety of tympanoplasty with and without mastoidectomy for the treatment of active simple chronic suppurative otitis media(CSOM), and to investigate whether mastoidectomy can be avoided in tympanoplasty for active CSOM. The clinical data of 55 patients(55 ears) with active CSOM were retrospectively analyzed. Based on the development of the mastoid process and the upper tympanic chamber, patients who met the criteria for wall-up mastoidectomy were classified as group A (30 patients), and underwent tympanoplasty combined with wall-up mastoidectomy.
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