The impact of endoscopy on the treatment of cholesteatomas

Lima, Thiago de Oliveira; Araújo, Taís Figueiredo de; Soares, Letícia Clemente Alvim; Testa, José Ricardo Gurgel

doi:10.5935/1808-8694.20130090

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“…With the advent of widespread dissemination of endoscopic surgery techniques, the use of endoscopes in middle ear surgery has become common. The primary benefit is improved visualization of structures not easily seen with a microscope (9). Because the microscope only provides the surgeon a line of sight, using a beam of light perpendicular to the structures, the deeper located and angled recesses are not easily reached.…”

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“…The possibility of approaching and magnifying tiny structures, and "looking around corners" ensures a better visualization of the inaccessible compartments, such as the facial nerve recess and tympanic sinus (8). It increases the resolution for the removal of covert keratin fragments, potentially reducing the incidence of residual disease in cholesteatoma surgery (9,10).…”

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Residual Cholesteatoma After Endoscopic-Assisted Canal Wall-Up Tympanomastoidectomy: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Silva¹,

Costa

Selaimen³

et al. 2022

Otol Neurotol

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This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of using endoscopes in reducing recidivism secondary to residual cholesteatoma after canal wall-up tympanomastoidectomy. Study Design: Randomized clinical trial. Setting: Tertiary referral center. Patients: Patients with cholesteatoma, aged 7 to 70 years. Interventions: Subjects were randomly allocated into two groups: endoscopic-assisted canal wall-up (EACWU; group 1) and conventional canal wall-up (CWU; group 2) techniques. Pars flaccida and pars tensa subgroups were analyzed according to the anatomic location of cholesteatoma origin. Main Outcome Measures: Presence or absence of residual cholesteatoma, based on second look surgery, diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging, or video-otoscopy at 12 and 18 months after surgery. Results: In total, 57 ears were analyzed: 29 in group 1 and 28 in group 2. Group 1 revealed residual disease in 17.2% of ears, whereas group 2 had residual disease in 35.7% (p > 0.05) of the ears. In the pars tensa cholesteatoma subgroup, the incidence of residual disease was 13.3% for EACWU and 47.1% for the CWU technique (p < 0.05). A tendency of reduced incidence was observed for cholesteatoma due to residual disease using EACWU. In addition, a statistically significant reduction in the residual disease was observed in the subgroup of pars tensa cholesteatomas. In this subgroup, the relative risk was 0.28, and the number needed to treat was 4.6. Conclusion:The use of the endoscope reduces the incidence of recidivism secondary to residual disease in pars tensa cholesteatomas. Endoscopic-assisted surgery may be useful in cases with an indication for canal wall-up tympanomastoidectomy. Level of Evidence: 1b.

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