Recurrent cholesteatoma after mastoid and epitympanic obliteration: a descriptive CT and clinical study of 14 patients.

Mastoid and epitympanic obliteration has become a widely used technique in cholesteatoma surgery to reduce postoperative recurrence.

To investigate the location of recurrent cholesteatoma using radiological and intraoperative findings and to assess its association with the quality of mastoid and epitympanic obliteration performed during surgery.