Postoperative surgical site infection in cholesteatoma surgery with and without mastoid obliteration, what can we learn?

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This study aims to describe the occurrence of postoperative complications related to cholesteatoma surgery and to determine factors influencing the most common complication, i.e. postoperative surgical site infection (SSI) in cases with and without mastoid obliteration.

Materials and methods

Retrospective analyses were performed on surgically treated cholesteatomas in our hospital between 2013 and 2019. Patient characteristics, peri- and postoperative management and complications were reviewed. The cases were divided into two groups based on whether mastoid obliteration was performed or not.

Results

A total of 336 cholesteatoma operations were performed, of which 248 cases received mastoid obliteration. In total 21 complications were observed, of whi

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC8811380 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature