Tag: ear surgery trivandrum
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Meatoplasty after Mastoidectomy Must be done
Mastoidectomy is performed to remove infected air cells within the mastoid bone caused by mastoiditis, ear infections, or cholesteatoma (an inflammatory disease of the middle ear and mastoid). Here the procedure is being completed with a large meatoplasty which is an integral part of open mastoidectomy. This is done in Jubilee Christian Mission Hospital Trivandrum…
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Mastoid Ear Surgery in Trivandrum India (Cholesteatoma)
Operations on the mastoid may be necessary when ear infection within the middle ear extends into the mastoid.The mastoid bone is the bony prominence that can be felt just behind the ear. It contains a number of air spaces, the largest of which is called the antrum. It connects with the air space in the…
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Very Large Cholesteatoma of the Ear Causing Facial Palsy
A cholesteatoma consists of squamous epithelium that is trapped within the middle ear and mastoid which can erode and destroy important structures within the temporal bone. It can cause complications like facial palsy, brain abscess, meningitis etc. Treatment is surgical excision by mastoidectomy. (This is one of the biggest cholesteatoma I have ever seen) Mastoidecomy…
