1. Clinical and surgical aspects of cholesteatomas in children.
- Author
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Cruz OL, Takeuti M, Caldas Neto S, and Miniti A
- Subjects
- Adolescent, Brazil, Child, Child, Preschool, Cholesteatoma diagnosis, Cholesteatoma epidemiology, Ear Diseases diagnosis, Ear Diseases epidemiology, Health Services Accessibility economics, Hearing Tests, Humans, Incidence, Recurrence, Cholesteatoma surgery, Ear Diseases surgery, Mastoid surgery
- Abstract
A review of 101 charts of pediatric patients who underwent surgery for cholesteatoma in the Hospital das Clínicas, São Paulo, Brazil, showed that the peak incidence was in the 10- to 15-year-old age group (mean age, 10.7 years). A high incidence of complications (45.5%) and a significant functional impairment (air-bone gap greater than 40 dB in 49% of patients) were some of the particular features of our patients. Radical or modified radical mastoidectomies were performed in 75 cases (74.3% of cases). The open technique was chosen primarily to eradicate cholesteomatous disease, but the satisfactory functional results also achieved support our preference for this technique.
- Published
- 1990