Clinical Trial: Evolution of Surgery for Middle-ear Cholesteatoma After the Introduction of Exclusive Endoscopic Ear Surgery

U.S., July 24 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07723547) titled 'Evolution of Surgery for Middle-ear Cholesteatoma After the Introduction of Exclusive Endoscopic Ear Surgery' on June 02.

Brief Summary: This retrospective observational study describes the evolution of surgical management of middle-ear cholesteatoma at Nice University Hospital over a 12-year period (January 2012 to December 2023), following the introduction of exclusive endoscopic ear surgery (EES) in September 2017. The study compares disease control (residual disease, recurrence, revision surgery) and audiometric outcomes (air-bone gap) between the pre-EES period (January 2012 to August 2017) and the post-EES period (September 20...