Residual and Recurrent Cholesteatoma after Open and Reconstruction Tympanoplasty

Abstract

In the present study, we examined 109 patients operated on by open and reconstruction tympanoplasty and review and discuss postsurgical problems of residual and recurrent cholesteatomas. Sixty four patients (59%) were treated by one-stage operation, and 45 (41%) required two-stage procedures. Residual cholesteatoma was found in four patients at the second look and recurrent cholesteatoma in two after the first operation. However, in all patients who have been followed for one to four years after one- or two-stage operations, there has been no evidence of residual or recurrent cholesteatoma.