Tag: mastoid surgery 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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Face Paralysed after Ear Infection
Facial nerve paralysis can be seen in patients who suffer from acute and chronic ear infections (otitis media). Sudden facial paralysis in chronic ear disease suggests damage caused by pressure on the nerve by cholesteatoma sac as in this case. When this happens prompt surgical exploration with evacuation of disease and nerve decompression usually results…
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Mastoid Operation-Cholesteatoma-Trivandrum India
Large or complicated cholesteatomas like this one always require surgical treatment to protect the patient from serious complications. Mastoidectomy surgery is performed under general anesthesia . The primary purpose of the surgery is to remove the cholesteatoma and infection and achieve an infection-free, dry ear. This is done in Jubilee Christian Mission Hospital Trivandrum Kerala…
