Mastoidotomy

Mastoid surgery is the process of a surgical procedure in which removal or resection of the inner ear (i.e. middle ear or epitympanum) or mastoid surgery is performed. Most often, this procedure is performed to treat acute and chronic otitis media, as well as other diseases that can damage the middle ear.

Mastoiditis is an infectious inflammation in the mastoid area, which can be caused by various bacterial or fungal infections. It can be caused by a disease

The name mastoidectomy is of Latin origin and is translated as “cutting the mastoid region.” Also, the method of operation has a second name - trepanation, which is also used in relation to this intervention. The main essence of the procedure is to remove part of the maxillofacial area from the bone in order to treat diseases of the osteochondral tissue of this area.

Indications for mastoidictomy 1. Disease - Acute otitis media of the middle ear. A disease in which the inflammatory process affects the mucous membrane of the middle ear, as well as the skin in the area of ​​the external auditory canal; 2. Inflammatory diseases of the skin and soft tissues around the ear; 3. Chronic purulent otitis media (in the absence of positive dynamics as a result of conservative treatment); 4. Lack of results from ongoing drug therapy; 5. The presence of contraindications to the use of antibiotics or the presence of hypersensitivity to drugs; 6. Postoperative mastoidism; 7. Hematomas in the area of ​​the bony ear in a child of the first year of life.