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A member asked:
I had a mastoidectomy operation six months ago. can this cause a need for a cholesteatoma operation?
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Unlikely: Mastoidectomies are one of the surgical procedures to rid one of a cholesteatoma and they certainly don't cause them. Cholesteatomas have a reputation for being hard to eradicate, so most likely the operation simply failed to get it all out. See your ENT surgeon.
Answered 10/3/2016
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