Mastoid Ear Surgery - Responding to DHS

Mastoid Ear Surgery - Responding to DHS - Conor Boland

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This video talks about what mastoid cholesteatoma surgery is and what mastoid obliteration is. It is in part due to a fantastic case that Conor Boland from the Durham Hearing Specialists did a video on a few weeks ago. In that case a poor patient had a large mastoid cavity that required cleaning out but was so infected that he had granulation tissue in there.
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Conor Boland Video - • Dead Bone And Infectio... - Dead Bone And Infection In Ear Cavity (Mastoid Sequestrum And Granulation)
Vik Veer - Response video - • My Response to Conor a...
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@romandy Жыл бұрын

Fantastic to hear you talk in detail about these procedures, even though you’ve performed all of these on my ears it’s easy to forget the process that they’ve been though. My left ear particularly benefitted from being filled with muscle from my leg as you mentioned. That ear has been infection free ever since.

@DurhamHearingSpecialists Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the explanation Vik, very interesting and great to learn more about this!

@elainethemusician3310 14 күн бұрын

Thank you for this. Your explanations are very clear and I am finally beginning to understand what I had and what was done to me over a period of many years. My first madtoidectomy was in 1975 when I was ten. It was as you explained in those days. The infected bone was removed and I had an open cavity with no middle ear or eardrum. I was in hospital for two weeks and lost nearly half a term of schooling. I was left with severe deafness in that ear but was told that my right ear had perfect hearing and would compensate for it. In other words - get on with it. So get on with it l did as best l could with hardly any concessions. The irony is that l have had a career as a classical musician and have perfect pitch. Music teaches listening skills and l am good at lipreading. I had to go back for regular cleanings - some of them extremely unpleasant as they made me very dizzy. Also, around 1976/7, I was told by my then ENT consultant that cotton buds were an excellent way of cleaning out ears! Over the years l had an increasing number of infections including a burst abcess in that ear when I was thirteen - the worst pain l think I have ever had in my life. In 2010, the infections had become chronic again and I had a reverse madtoidectomy with plastic bones and a skin grafted eardrum. It has been miraculous. However, l now have worsening hearing in both ears and rely on hearing aids. What a change and what advances in my lifetime. I am very grateful for everything, but writing it down is very cathartic as it makes me feel quite emotional when I think about the problems I have had with my ears.

@tinastrongbow3292

I've just had my 3rd op and have been told it may still return. Next ip is an brain scan to check all is OK. This is terrifying. Thanks for the video, I've watched a few of these now

@ramona9954 Жыл бұрын

I wish you were in the states I could use your help . Constant mucus discharge from my right ear my ENT doctor is not giving me answers. I’m tired of taking antibiotics.

@Benjy420 Жыл бұрын

Another brilliant video to watch, I do wish that conversations between me and my current ENT surgeon were as informative as this. Sometimes the urge to pay for private care does seem very appealing to have such informative consultations. Brilliant stuff

@ashlyalexander4108 Жыл бұрын

Hi Vik. Excellent videos and explanations. Can you tell what you use to record your videos and how you learned such fabulous videos editing and apps used for it?

@amybaker5241 Жыл бұрын

This was very clear I have always wondered what is the reason for it, as I delve into E.N.T world it's very interesting to me to learn new things and medical sciences has always been an interest to me.

@SquiddyBonneBouche

So intelligent 😍 So interesting

@hibajamal9747

Hi, i had this surgery with tympanoplasty. Now my mastoid is swell above the stitches right where the drill was made. Dr has started antibiotics with anti inflammatory. What can b the reasons. Im actually freaking out.

@monariley9704 Жыл бұрын

I’m the patient from Conor’s most recent video and he signposted me to this video which has been very informative thank you, you make it sound less scary than the Google searches which I appreciate! Just working on getting my HR down now and accepting that I’ll need surgery etc.

@stevemiller3082 Жыл бұрын

I have heard Connor reference Vic a few times. I’ve had all kinds of surgeries over my 53 years. I had “fibrous dysplasia” in my left forearm at age 8 in 1977 they did a bone graft- no worries since. Recently I’ve had 3 failed back fusion surgeries that ended with “ osteomyelitis” in my thoracic spine. I lost T hi-7,8,9 and became paralyzed. Amazingly enough I am regaining my ability to walk again. They placed a 5” cage (with one of my ribs ground up inside it) I’m my spine. They were worried about what materials to use in the cage due to my propensity for infections.

@bobbiemoquin4715 Жыл бұрын

Thank you. I wish more doctors understood that just because a scan is clean, it doesn't mean there is no regrowth. My last scan was clean. I had many symptoms of regrowth, but still didn't operate because they trusted the scan, not the symptoms. Finally operated and found a lot of regrowth behind a thick skin wall that grew after my previous surgery. Because the symptoms were ignored, it did far more damage than the previous 5 reoccurrences. Now, they gave me the big ugly ear hole, took all my hearing bones and my tragus. 🥺 6 surgeries in 9 years....

@The_Lazy_Crafter

Excellent video, you really explained this so well. Thank you I really like your videos 👍

@rosemarybirch3655 Жыл бұрын

Fascinating. thank you

@forchedieudonne8121

Thank you so much Doc. Now i can go in for my operation knowing fully what will be done on my head. I have been worried since my doctor booked me for surgery on this same problem. Thank😊