Mastoid Obliteration with Autologous Bone in Mastoidectomy Canal Wall Down Surgery: a Literature Overview

Abstract Introduction The objectives of mastoidectomy in cholesteatoma are a disease-free and dry ear, the prevention of recurrent disease, and the maintenance of hearing or the possibility to reconstruct an affected hearing mechanism. Canal wall down mastoidectomy has been traditionall...

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Main Authors: Ricardo Dourado Alves, Francisco Cabral Junior, Anna Carolina de Oliveira Fonseca, Ricardo Ferreira Bento
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda. 2016-01-01
Series:International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0035-1563382