Mastoidectomy in Turkey
A mastoidectomy is surgery to remove cells in the hollow, air-filled spaces in the skull behind the ear within the mastoid bone. These cells are called mastoid air cells. The mastoid is the section of your skull behind your ear. It is packed with bone-formed air cells and looks like a honeycomb. Sometimes, the diseased cells are the result of an ear infection that has spread into the skull. Also, the technique can be used to remove an irregular ear growth known as cholesteatoma.
A mastoidectomy can treat complications of chronic otitis media (COM). COM is an ongoing ear infection in your middle ear. A cholesteatoma, which is a skin cyst, can be a complication from these ongoing infections.
Types of mastoidectomy procedures,
- simple mastoidectomy, in which your surgeon opens your mastoid bone, removes the infected air cells, and drains your middle ear
- radical mastoidectomy, in which your surgeon may remove your mastoid air cells, your eardrum, most of your middle ear structures, and your ear canal. This procedure is reserved for complicated mastoid disease.
- modified radical mastoidectomy, which is a less severe form of radical mastoidectomy that involves removing mastoid air cells along with some, but not all, middle ear structures
