Does anyone know what the riks of a Mastoidectomy are? Iam 44 years old, with a partially calcified mastoid.?

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I would really love to know what I am up against. I havent been to see the Surgeon yet, and I wont see him until the 17th of April, so this is driving me crazy. I have a 9mm mass in my Sphenoid Sinus on the Rt. side, and what is being called Patchy non-specific Ethmoid Sinus Mucosal Disease, and a severly infected Left Mastoid (Air Cell Disease), with a partial calcification of the left Mastoid. I am 44years old and at 38 had tubes put in my ears because of several repeated ear infections in my left ear. The tubes came out after 3 years, and the ENT I was seeing at the time wanted to putT-Tubes in my ears for a length of possibly 5 to 10 years, but I Iost my insurance before he could. Can I become deaf permanantly from the Mastoid problem? Is it too late to fix it? Please, if anyone has had this done or knows any info, I would be very grateful, this was unexpected news. I just went for a CT Scan because I have had some short term memory issues latley, the brain was fine!!

Answer 1

I will be honest. The only one that should be answering these type of questions are your doctor or surgeon. Some of the risks are unsuccessful procedure (about 31%) and infection.
But you can't start reading and worrying. These issues need to go to your doctors only. Not even doctors here on the Yahoo ANswers web-site.
http://www.entusa.com/mastoid_surgery.htm (Very Good)
http://www.answers.com/topic/mastoidectomy (Fairly Good)
http://www.springerlink.com/content/w5pm51jmxapfv8c1/ (more technical)
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract;jsessionid=7375534CC388F3063178230F38BA17F6.tomcat1?fromPage=online&aid=738648 (OK source)

Answer 2

Hang in there - Stress can cause short term memory problems, and you are under a great deal of stress.

Be good to yourself.