Atticotomy Health Dictionary

Atticotomy: From 1 Different Sources

n. a surgical operation to remove *cholesteatoma from the ear. It is a form of limited *mastoidectomy.

Health Source: Oxford | Concise Colour Medical Dictionary
Author: Jonathan Law, Elizabeth Martin

Mastoidectomy

n. an operation to remove some or all of the air cells in the bone behind the ear (the *mastoid process of the temporal bone) when they have become infected (see mastoiditis) or invaded by *cholesteatoma. See also atticotomy.... mastoidectomy

Atticotomy Health Dictionary

Atticotomy: From 1 Different Sources

Mastoidectomy

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