What kind of procedure is a mastoidectomy?
What kind of procedure is a mastoidectomy?
There are variations of mastoidectomy procedures, including: simple mastoidectomy, in which your surgeon opens your mastoid bone, removes the infected air cells, and drains your middle ear radical mastoidectomy, in which your surgeon may remove your mastoid air cells, your eardrum, most of your middle ear structures, and your ear canal.
What do you need to know about tympanoplasty and mastoidectomy?
Tympanoplasty and mastoidectomy, together known as a tympanomastoidectomy, are two surgical procedures often performed at the same time on a patient’s ear to control chronic infection and restore hearing. Mastoidectomy is the portion of the operation in which the surgeon removes diseased air cells (cholesteatoma matrix) from the mastoid bone.
How does the surgeon access the mastoid bone?
For the procedure, the surgeon will access the infected or damaged part of the mastoid bone through the ear or by making a cut behind the ear. Small surgical instruments are going to be used in order to access the actual mastoid bone.
What are the side effects of a mastoidectomy?
These are the complications that can occur with the mastoidectomy procedure: Paresis or paralysis of the facial nerve (nerve injury) Hearing loss (occurs in 6% of the patients) Vertigo (temporary complications, goes away on its own a few days after he surgery)
How does a mastoidectomy remove the antrum?
From the anatomical point of view, the mastoid contains one large air cell—the antrum —and the periantral cells that communicate with it. Mastoidectomy, therefore, is a surgical procedure that opens the air cells of the mastoid, using a drill to remove the outer cortex and to exteriorize the contents of the temporal bone.
What’s the difference between radical and simple mastoidectomy?
simple mastoidectomy, in which your surgeon opens your mastoid bone, removes the infected air cells, and drains your middle ear. radical mastoidectomy, in which your surgeon may remove your mastoid air cells, your eardrum, most of your middle ear structures, and your ear canal. This procedure is reserved for complicated mastoid disease.
