1Resident, Deptt. of ENT & Head & Neck Surgery, Govt Medical College, Srinagar
2Senior Resident, Deptt. of ENT & Head & Neck Surgery, Govt Medical College, Srinagar
3Professor, PG, Deptt. of ENT & Head & Neck Surgery, Govt Medical College, Srinagar
*Corresponds to: Sheetal Kumari, Resident, Post Graduate, Deptt. of ENT & Head & Neck, Surgery Govt Medical College, Srinagar. Email: -g.gphonshashetal@gmail.com
Online published on 10 February, 2017.
To evaluate the correlation of Preoperative HRCT findings with operative findings depicting site and extend of disease and Evaluate Microbiological profile of organisms associated with Cholesteatoma.
A prospective study of 40 patients with unsafe type of CSOM who were managed and Followed up at Post-graduate Department of Otorhino laryngology and Head & Neck Surgery Govt. Medical College, Srinagar.
HRCT scan was found highly reliable with diagnostic accuracy of 92.5% with respect to diagnosis of cholesteatoma. 91.6% with respect to depection of integrity of ossicles. Accuracy of 90% to depict tegment dural plate erosion and 87.5%to depict facial canal dehiscence and diagnostic accuracy of 100% to depict labyrinth fistulae. Preoperative and postoperative cultureorganisms revealed Pseudomonas Aeruginosa as the most common offending organisms.
(HRCT) High resolution computed Tomography. (CWU) canal wall up. (CWD) canal wall down. (OCR)ossicular chain reconstruction. (SSTM) single stage tympanomastoidectomy.(ABG) air bone gap
