Although surgery is rarely urgent, once a cholesteatoma is found, surgical treatment is the only choice. Surgery usually involves a mastoidectomy to remove the disease from the bone, and tympanoplasty to repair the eardrum.

Source: Mount Sinai conditions cholesteatoma treatment.

Yea, my colleague went for this many yrs ago, not sure niw wats new or improved method, sometimes i hv feeling specialist always ask for surgery, but maybe we can try medicine or even chinese traditional medicine to cure the cysts?
But i m not sure if anybody tried before Traditional chinese medicine? Maybe can input

Hi all sifus, anyone had experience on this cholesteatoma surgery? Based on my Google search for past 2 days, all recommended was surgery? It means cannot take medication for cure?
Im now in penang, looking at all options as i was recommended for this surgery due to hearing problems,. After CtScan found some fluid in my middle ear.
May need 2nd or 3rd opinion, any recommendations specialist or penang GH, even in kl is ok.
craxors isaw ur posts on this before, hows tje experience, n any advive bro?
https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4604046/+40

Suddenly feel lost

Hi bro. Any updates?
Hope everything is going well.

Im Currently on medication for 3 weeks, followup checkup next week

Im Currently on medication for 3 weeks, followup checkup next week

Hope everything will be fine for you. God bless.

sorry to here that bro....

how bad is it?
the surgery went well.

but doc said they will need to leave a hole in the ear for easy checkup later... so advised cannot dip into water/lake/pool etc. scare water get in there.

can but have to wear ear plug.

checkup every few months or when feel necessary. its not coming back but some time got fungus inside so go see doc for clean up.

so far all ok. hopefully yours too.
*btw mine; doc suck out that thing as big as an egg. already covered whole area in the ear. "simpan" too long already. 

sorry to here that bro....

how bad is it?
the surgery went well.

but doc said they will need to leave a hole in the ear for easy checkup later... so advised cannot dip into water/lake/pool etc. scare water get in there.

can but have to wear ear plug.

checkup every few months or when feel necessary. its not coming back but some time got fungus inside so go see doc for clean up.

so far all ok. hopefully yours too.
*btw mine; doc suck out that thing as big as an egg. already covered whole area in the ear. "simpan" too long already. 

damn.. got pic ah? so big like egg?

Look scary.

Cutting the ear 

sorry to here that bro....

how bad is it?
the surgery went well.

but doc said they will need to leave a hole in the ear for easy checkup later... so advised cannot dip into water/lake/pool etc. scare water get in there.

can but have to wear ear plug.

checkup every few months or when feel necessary. its not coming back but some time got fungus inside so go see doc for clean up.

so far all ok. hopefully yours too.
*btw mine; doc suck out that thing as big as an egg. already covered whole area in the ear. "simpan" too long already. 

Oic...
Urs is the endoscopic method?
Or the cut through the ear shape outside the earlines?

Need to leave a hole there & Cannot go to water or pool is temporary few weeks after the surgery or permanently?
Mine is quite minor, so use endoscopic method

Just Google on the Tympanoplasty Surgery and looks really scary  :confused:
Oh my... hope mine not getting that bad catching cholesteatoma since it just few months 
Mine just found that there's a hole in right eardrum last Nov 2024... and still open until today.. after several occurrence of ache effect, the clinic ask me refer to ENT specialist... first consult with one specialist not bother on the holes and given me betaserc 24 mg cost 3+++ then after catches another relapse I consult another ENT specialist with audiology test cost 4++ and scheduled for operation this week

Still not sure on either Endoscopic or Microscopic but the method looks like Type 1 Tympanoplasty (Myringoplasty) from the explanation
Googling some YouTube and looks kinda scary 

Any advice for those going similar conditions highly appreciate 

Just Google on the Tympanoplasty Surgery and looks really scary  :confused:
Oh my... hope mine not getting that bad catching cholesteatoma since it just few months 
Mine just found that there's a hole in right eardrum last Nov 2024... and still open until today.. after several occurrence of ache effect, the clinic ask me refer to ENT specialist... first consult with one specialist not bother on the holes and given me betaserc 24 mg cost 3+++ then after catches another relapse I consult another ENT specialist with audiology test cost 4++ and scheduled for operation this week

Still not sure on either Endoscopic or Microscopic but the method looks like Type 1 Tympanoplasty (Myringoplasty) from the explanation
Googling some YouTube and looks kinda scary 

Any advice for those going similar conditions highly appreciate 

Mine was endoscopic

Took me many months before deciding to proceed with surgery o not
Before deciding which hospital and specialist, make sure know that the doctor is well experienced in the surgery..
Ask every details u have doubt in

And what are the after effect for each method of surgery

U going to which hospital? How much is the surgery?

They didn't do any ctscan to see if any foreign stuff inside ur middle ear?
Then how they decide what to do during the surgery?

Yeah sound few more doubt need clarify tomorrow after read thru the thread  thanks a lot

Will be admitted in KPJ Specialist    just applied for GL, no estimation seen yet 
CT-scan schedule for tomorrow to confirm the middle ear conditions after admission, from scope seem no foreign stuff inside yet as eardrum quite transparent 

U won't be able to see through the eardrum, if the foreign particles are too small or more inner

But why are u admitted if haven't do those scan?
Suppose to do ct scan, go home few days and wait for the result and analysis.. Then the doctor share what he propose.. If u agree only schedule a surgery

Yeah the doctor had highlight about this yesterday and since the hole obviously there quite some time.. I thought of doing it together during in-patients coverage med card instead of going separate ways   

Ok
Have u consult a few other specialists before decide on the surgery?

IF it is not urgent, take  few weeks to explore ur options