mastoidectomy
1
8.9
- noun
- /ˌmæstəʊɪˈdɛktəmi/
- Specialized
- The doctor explained that a mastoidectomy was necessary to treat the patient's ear infection.
- a radical mastoidectomy
- mastoidectomy during tympanoplasty
- canal wall mastoidectomy
Examples
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With the operating microscope and drill, a complete mastoidectomy is performed.
Academic text (1996) -
With the patient under general anesthesia, a radical mastoidectomy via a postauricular approach was performed.
Academic text (2007) -
Probably the only way to prevent this from happening is to perform a mastoidectomy.
Academic text (2003) -
For that reason, the operation was abandoned after the mastoidectomy and without complete removal of the tumor.
Academic text (2003) -
When a cholesteatoma or an infectious complication has occurred, mastoidectomy must be performed.
Academic text (2008) -
Since her ear remained active after one year, the patient agreed to undergo a cortical mastoidectomy and tympanoplasty.
Academic text (2008) -
When clinically indicated, intact canal wall mastoidectomy is the author's preferred technique for treating both children and adults.
Academic text (2001) -
We performed a mastoidectomy with neurosurgery, approaching via the middle cranial fossa.
Academic text (2006) -
After weeks of suffering from severe ear pain, she finally decided to schedule a mastoidectomy to alleviate her symptoms.
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The mastoidectomy was performed successfully, allowing the patient to recover from the chronic ear condition.
How Invasive
- Specialized
1
8.9
- Specialized
1
9.9
- Specialized
- Specialized
4
4.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mastoidectomy breaks into mastoid and -ectomy. Mastoid comes from a word meaning 'breast' because the bone behind the ear looks a little like a small breast, and -ectomy means 'cut out', the same ending as in appendectomy, so a mastoidectomy is an operation to remove that bone or part of it to treat ear problems.