Guest guest Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 I'm really not sure what this means, but this is the type of surgery I am going for in June: Tympanomastoidectomy Is this the type of surgery they do for all people with Cholesteatomas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 Sorry - there's a typo in my cheat sheet - make that tympano not typano. From: Bridget Burke <bridgetburke123@...>cholesteatoma Sent: Thu, April 21, 2011 12:12:57 PMSubject: Re: Surgery Type Anybody can correct me if I'm wrong but this would mean removal (hence "ectomy") of the ear drum ("tympano") and the mastoid ("mastoid"). Basically ectomy means removal and plasty means something is being repaired or added. The "plasty" stage will probably follow this "ectomy" stage that you have scheduled already. Here's a cheat sheet of some common cholesteatoma medical terms: Ossicles - hearing bones Typano - ear drum mastoid - mastoid ectomy - removal plasty - repair and/or add (I believe this could also be used to encompass the removal stage and repair stage if done at the same time) I'm not an expert any more than anybody else who's been through two c-toma surgeries (although sometimes I feel like I could write the book on it) so I'm not 100% on this but hopefully it's helpful! Bridget From: Bradford Burt <bradford_burt08@...>cholesteatoma Sent: Thu, April 21, 2011 11:06:32 AMSubject: Surgery Type I'm really not sure what this means, but this is the type of surgery I am going for in June: Tympanomastoidectomy Is this the type of surgery they do for all people with Cholesteatomas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 My surgery is in the middle of May. From: <moonshadow2447@...>Subject: Re: Surgery Typecholesteatoma Date: Thursday, April 21, 2011, 6:30 PM No this is not the surgery they do for all people. There are different names for different areas. This is the exact same surgery I had yesterday (put in another post on here) and my surgeon told me the ctoma had grown behind the eardrum. He said it was a simple surgery you gently lift the eardrum and remove the growth. The surgery took less than an hour. I haven't had much pain with this surgery. When is your surgery? Jenni>> > I'm really not sure what this means, but this is the type of surgery I am going for in June: Tympanomastoidectomy > > Is this the type of surgery they do for all people with Cholesteatomas?>------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 Well here is a definition I got on the net: Elective surgery: Surgery that is subject to choice (election). The choice may be made by the patient or doctor. For example, the time when a surgical procedure is performed may be elective. The procedure is beneficial to the patient but does not need be done at a particular time. As opposed to urgent or emergency surgery. I would say, it shoud not be considered elective. Sure, I can say I want to wait for the surgery, but some of others folks with C-Toma might not have that ability depending on the circumstance. But in the end it needs to be done...not elective. From: Bradford Burt <bradford_burt08@...>Subject: Surgery Typecholesteatoma Date: Thursday, April 28, 2011, 1:26 AM I got into a conversation with a guy at work today. We got into an "Elective Surgey" conversation, as I was wondering if my work place would consider this elective surgey...like fixing up ones nose. So my question is, is having this nasty thing removed from my ear considered elective surgery? I can google the definition of elective surgery I guess, but was wondering if anyone on this list has had issues with the workplace regarding time off after the surgery? FYI my workplace is more than accomodating...I work for one of the big pharmacy chains and I have wonderful boss. So no isssues here, just curious on my part. Thanks, Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 This is definitely NOT elective surgery, and pretty much, the only time it should be put off is if doing the surgery might cause greater harm than not, ie; a very frail person who could not make it through surgery... And I would also encourage people not to wait (electively) on surgery unless there is a good reason. Complications are minimalized by early intervention. Also, these horrid things like to get infected, and a nasty infection in your skull base is just a bad idea all around! On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 9:30 PM, Bradford Burt <bradford_burt08@...> wrote: Well here is a definition I got on the net: Elective surgery: Surgery that is subject to choice (election). The choice may be made by the patient or doctor. For example, the time when a surgical procedure is performed may be elective. The procedure is beneficial to the patient but does not need be done at a particular time. As opposed to urgent or emergency surgery. I would say, it shoud not be considered elective. Sure, I can say I want to wait for the surgery, but some of others folks with C-Toma might not have that ability depending on the circumstance. But in the end it needs to be done...not elective. From: Bradford Burt <bradford_burt08@...>Subject: Surgery Type cholesteatoma Date: Thursday, April 28, 2011, 1:26 AM I got into a conversation with a guy at work today. We got into an " Elective Surgey " conversation, as I was wondering if my work place would consider this elective surgey...like fixing up ones nose. So my question is, is having this nasty thing removed from my ear considered elective surgery? I can google the definition of elective surgery I guess, but was wondering if anyone on this list has had issues with the workplace regarding time off after the surgery? FYI my workplace is more than accomodating...I work for one of the big pharmacy chains and I have wonderful boss. So no isssues here, just curious on my part. Thanks, Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 Amen! My first ENT said "you may have a cholesteatoma but I 'm not sure and wouldn't worry. And hearing aids can solve the hearing issue. But you can talk to another doctor a Neurotologist about having elective surgey to repair your hearing.". Note I said my first ENT! My neurotologist when I asked said definitely NOT elective!Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®From: s <thequeen.christine@...>Sender: cholesteatoma Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 21:39:09 -0400<cholesteatoma >Reply cholesteatoma Subject: Re: Re: Surgery Type This is definitely NOT elective surgery, and pretty much, the only time it should be put off is if doing the surgery might cause greater harm than not, ie; a very frail person who could not make it through surgery... And I would also encourage people not to wait (electively) on surgery unless there is a good reason. Complications are minimalized by early intervention. Also, these horrid things like to get infected, and a nasty infection in your skull base is just a bad idea all around! On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 9:30 PM, Bradford Burt <bradford_burt08@...> wrote:Well here is a definition I got on the net: Elective surgery: Surgery that is subject to choice (election). The choice may be made by the patient or doctor. For example, the time when a surgical procedure is performed may be elective. The procedure is beneficial to the patient but does not need be done at a particular time. As opposed to urgent or emergency surgery. I would say, it shoud not be considered elective. Sure, I can say I want to wait for the surgery, but some of others folks with C-Toma might not have that ability depending on the circumstance. But in the end it needs to be done...not elective.From: Bradford Burt <bradford_burt08@...>Subject: Surgery Typecholesteatoma Date: Thursday, April 28, 2011, 1:26 AM I got into a conversation with a guy at work today. We got into an " Elective Surgey " conversation, as I was wondering if my work place would consider this elective surgey...like fixing up ones nose. So my question is, is having this nasty thing removed from my ear considered elective surgery? I can google the definition of elective surgery I guess, but was wondering if anyone on this list has had issues with the workplace regarding time off after the surgery? FYI my workplace is more than accomodating...I work for one of the big pharmacy chains and I have wonderful boss. So no isssues here, just curious on my part. Thanks,Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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