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Canal Wall-Down Tympanomastoidectomy

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The canal wall-down technique is one of the most important surgeries in otology. It is indicated for several pathologies, but its main application is in cholesteatoma. This surgery confers high rates of resolution and low incidence of recurrence.

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Acknowledgments

The first author wishes to dedicate this chapter to the inspirational work of Dr. Michael M. Paparella (Minneapolis, USA), Dr. Octacílio Lopes Filho (São Paulo, Brazil), Dr. Rudolf Lang (Porto Alegre, Brazil), and Dr. Nelson Rêgo Caldas (Recife, Brazil).

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

    Sady Selaimen da Costa & Fábio André Selaimen

  2. Otology and Neurotology Division, Sistema Hospitalar Mãe de Deus, Porto Alegre, Brazil

    Sady Selaimen da Costa, Mauricio Noschang Lopes da Silva & Letícia Petersen Schmidt Rosito

  3. Service of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil

    Mauricio Noschang Lopes da Silva & Letícia Petersen Schmidt Rosito

  4. Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil

    Jefferson André Bauer

  5. Hospital Mãe de Deus, Porto Alegre, Brazil

    Jefferson André Bauer

  6. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

    Jefferson André Bauer

  7. Instituto Gaúcho de Otorrinolaringologia, Porto Alegre, Brazil

    Jefferson André Bauer

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology, Clínica Universidad de Los Andes, Santiago, Chile, USA

    Marcos V. Goycoolea

  2. Otolaryngology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

    Sady Selaimen da Costa

  3. Department of Otolaryngology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

    Chris de Souza

  4. Paparella Ear Head & Neck Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    Michael M. Paparella

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da Costa, S.S., da Silva, M.N.L., Bauer, J.A., Selaimen, F.A., Rosito, L.P.S. (2023). Canal Wall-Down Tympanomastoidectomy. In: Goycoolea, M.V., Selaimen da Costa, S., de Souza, C., Paparella, M.M. (eds) Textbook of Otitis Media. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-40949-3_58

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