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MASTOIDECTOMY ELIMINATION Overview
© Bruce Black MD
Black B. Mastoidectomy elimination. Laryngoscope December 1996;105(12) (Supp 76):1-30. (Online: see end of December issue)
Black B. Mastoidectomy elimination: obliterate, reconstruct or ablate? Amer J Otol 1998;19(5):551-557.
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Mastoidectomy elimination options: 1 Cavity obliteration, using muscle flaps or “filler” material; 2 EAC wall
reconstruction; 3 Reconstruction with a “slab” graft; 4 Ablation (canal closure). © Bruce Black MD
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Each option carries a risk of complications – resorption of materials, residual cholesteatoma, infection, recurrent
cholesteatoma. © Bruce Black MD
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MASTOIDECTOMY OBLITERATION
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Mastoidectomy obliteration. The cavity is filled with soft tissue flap/s, or with a “filler”: organic, e.g.
bone/cartilage/bone pate, or biomaterials such as ceramic granules. © Bruce Black MD
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Flap obliteration: Arterial supply to the peri-auricular tissues. Reliable flap design should be based on these
vessels to prevent ischaemia and consequent atrophy or necrosis.
Black B. The use of vascular flaps in middle ear surgery. Amer J Otol 1998;19(4):420-427.
© Bruce Black MD
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Essential patterns of past flap design: 1 Antero-superior based, 2 Inferiorly based, 3 Postero-superiorly based,
4 Pinna-based. © Bruce Black MD
1 2
3 4
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The Popper/Palva pinna-based flap has been widely used but is notorious for subsequent resorption, as the vascular
supply is often sectioned during preparation. © Bruce Black MD
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Delivering vital tissue bulk with the necessary vasculature requires a flap pattern based on demonstrable supply, such as that of the wing flap. MTA: middle temporal artery; PAA:
post-auricular artery. © Bruce Black MD
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Complications of mastoidectomy obliteration. 1: flap or filler resorption, 2: chronic ischaemic changes in EAC if
vascularity is poor, 3: residual infection or cholesteatoma. © Bruce Black MD
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Patterns of residual cholesteatoma. It is inadvisable to obliterate high risk areas. Particularly, the use of ossifying fillers may lock in disease against the dura/VII/labyrinth. © Bruce Black MD
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Pattern of obliteration avoiding high risk residual disease areas.
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MASTOIDECTOMY RECONSTRUCTION
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Mastoidectomy reconstruction. This technique requires three components: 1: a durable and biocompatible support
wall; 2: healthy EAC skin; 3: a vascular stroma that maintains vitality of the site. © Bruce Black MD
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Mastoidectomy reconstruction variant used when ossiculoplasty is impossible. A thick cartilage graft is used over obliterative fibrosis to minimise further drum collapse
or invagination. © Bruce Black MD
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Mastoidectomy reconstruction. The defect in the canal wall has the shape of a 450 curved section of a cone, rather than a simple wedge. This must be addressed when shaping a
wall implant. © Bruce Black MD
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Wall reconstruction (HA ceramic) using a curved ceramic implant to fill the spiral wall defect: zr: zygomatic root, frg:
facial ridge groove Sc: scutum. © Bruce Black MD
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Complications of mastoidectomy reconstruction: 1 exposure of wall material. 2 wall resorption/necrosis, 3 residual
cholesteatoma, 4 recurrent cholesteatoma. © Bruce Black MD
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Complications of mastoidectomy reconstruction. 1: epithelial ischaemia/myringitis (poor vascular supply), 2: exposure of wall material, 3: wall necrosis, 4: recurrent
cholesteatoma, 5: residual cholesteatoma. © Bruce Black MD
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MASTOIDECTOMY ABLATION
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Mastoidectomy ablation using a flap to underlay the closure site and obliterate the cavity. A flap may not have sufficient bulk for the latter; use blood clot rather than fat: the latter is
traumatic, lacks vascularity and impedes re-inspection. © Bruce Black MD
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Complications of ablation. I: infection, P: cholesteatoma pearl. Also, if the closure site is not reinforced, chronic
tissue resorption may produce gradual cavity reformation. © Bruce Black MD