Management of XXXX in the only hearing ear.

@entity1 @entity2172 @entity102 @entity3540 @entity292
OBJECTIVE: Chronic ear surgery is difficult. The management of such a disease either with or without @entity3540 and in an only hearing ear is particularly challenging. Consequences of disease or unintended outcomes of therapy can both result in @entity1 lifestyle alterations of major proportion. This report offers a diagnostic and treatment plan for @entity2172 with and without @entity3540 in the only hearing ear. METHODS: More than 10,000 charts of @entity1 with @entity2172 were retrospectively reviewed. Twenty-seven charts of @entity1 with @entity2172 in an only hearing ear who underwent surgical treatment were identified. The @entity1 were followed for an average time of 43 months. RESULTS: Overall, the @entity2172 was well controlled, and there was no change in the average discrimination or hearing thresholds when comparing preoperative and postoperative results. CONCLUSIONS: @entity102 media with and without @entity3540 in an only hearing ear can be treated successfully with hearing preservation. Canal wall down tympanomastoidectomy is performed in most cases. Manipulation of the ossicular chain is avoided, and @entity3540 that lies over a potential @entity292 is exteriorized.
