Keywords:
Transcanal endoscopic ear surgery, Pediatric, Chronic otitis media,
Cholesteatoma, Middle ear diseases
Key Points:
- Transcanal Endoscopic Ear Surgery (TEES) has become one of the most
influential methods in dealing with adult ear disease.
- The surgical time for VTI in children was shorter than in adults.
However, for tympanoplasty was significantly longer in the pediatric
patients than in the adult patients.
- No significant difference between children and adults with regard to
rates of surgical success, postoperative complications, and
postoperative hearing gain when VTI, tympanoplasty, or TEES management
of cholesteatoma was performed.
- The feasibility of transcanal endoscopic ear surgery for the
management of pediatric middle ear disease is sufficient.
- TEES can be successfully and effectively used in the treatment of
middle ear disease in both adults and children, even in complicated
cholesteatoma cases.