Surgical Results of Retrograde Mastoidectomy with Primary Reconstruction of the Ear Canal and Mastoid Cavity

Table 1

Summary of the characteristics of 102 ears with cholesteatoma that underwent retrograde tympanomastoidectomy.

Categories
	Number (%) of ears
Reconstruction by
Mastoid exclusion	63	(61.8)
Mastoid obliteration	39	(38.2)
Total	102	(100)
Types of tympanoplasty
I	23	(22.5)
III-c	11	(10.8)
III-i	49	(48.1)
IV-c	12	(11.8)
IV-i	7	(6.9)
Total	102	(100)
Follow-up periods
1-2 years	29	(28.2)
2-3 years	48	(47.1)
>3 years	25	(24.5)
Total	102	(100)
Age distribution
<10 years	3	(2.9)
10–20 years	9	(8.8)
21–40 years	38	(37.3)
41–60 years	45	(44.1)
>60 years	7	(6.9)
Total	102	(100)
Reconstruction performed as
Primary surgery	66	(64.7)
Revision surgery	36	(35.3)
Total	102	(100)

i: interposition; c: columella.