Canal wall down versus canal wall up surgeries in the treatment of middle ear cholesteatoma
Recep KaramertFakih Cihat EravcıSüleyman CebeciMehmet DüzlüMehmet Ekrem ZorluNagihan GülhanHakan TutarMehmet Birol UğurAyşe İrizYildirim Ahmet BayazitPublished in: Turkish journal of medical sciences (2019)
Status of the middle ear mucosa and external auditory canal are important factors affecting the outcomes in cholesteatoma. Instead of a CWD surgery, a CWU surgery seems applicable in cases of cholesteatoma when the bone in the external auditory canal is not eroded by the disease.