Cholesteatoma otitis media surgery is major surgery.
Cholesteatoma-type otitis media, or middle ear cholesteatoma, is a separate disease with no direct connection between its occurrence and the bacterial infection of suppurative otitis media. Once the disease develops, it should be treated surgically as soon as possible. The principle of surgical treatment is to completely remove the cholesteatoma and other granulomatous and inflammatory lesions; to make efforts to preserve and improve the auditory function; and to maintain the physiological structure and function of the external auditory canal as far as possible.
Its surgical treatment mainly adopts tympanoplasty, which is a tertiary surgery with a complex surgical process and a major surgery with certain difficulties in surgical techniques. It involves resection of the lesion, functional reconstruction and tissue repair, and the operation area is adjacent to important structures such as the facial nerve, inner ear and internal carotid artery, so there is a greater risk.
If surgical treatment is required, it is recommended that it be performed by an experienced senior surgeon.