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82nd Annual Meeting of the German Society of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

German Society of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

01.06. - 05.06.2011, Freiburg

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Chronic otitis media with cholesteatoma in children

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  • corresponding author Petar Rouev - ENT Dept., St. Ivan Rilski Hospital, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde, Kopf- und Hals-Chirurgie. 82. Jahresversammlung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde, Kopf- und Hals-Chirurgie. Freiburg i. Br., 01.-05.06.2011. Düsseldorf: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House; 2011. Doc11hnod457

doi: 10.3205/11hnod457, urn:nbn:de:0183-11hnod4571

Published: April 19, 2011

© 2011 Rouev.
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Objective: To evaluate the primary or recurrent cholesteatoma in children.

Design: Retrospective study.

Patients: 15 patients aged 13 to 18 years (mean age, 15 years) with cholesteatoma of the middle ear were surgically treatment and included for follow-up from 1 to 73 months between I 2004 and IX 2010. The early and late postoperative results were analyzed after the implemented reconstructive interventions.

Results: In all 15 children we used retroauricular skin incision and ant.-post. approach for following the matrix of cholesteatoma. During the operation in 12 cases was determinated the indication for second-look surgery.

Conclusions: Cholesteatoma in childhood is a very aggressive disease, that in most cases have indication for second-look surgery 1–2 years after the operation.