Southern Cross Gillies Hospital - Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery

Mastoidectomy

An incision (cut) is made behind the ear and the air containing space (called the mastoid) is opened. A cortical mastoidectomy involves clearing out diseased tissue in the mastoid cells leaving the ear canal alone. A modified radical mastoidectomy involves joining the spaces of the middle ear canal and the mastoid together to provide an ear that is safe and dry, and hopefully retain some functional hearing.

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