Ossicular damages in chronic suppurative ear disease

Ossicular damage is a frequently encountered sequel of chronic suppurative otitis media. It is associated with both chloesteatomous and non cholesteatomous pathologies. In this series of 100 cases, who underwent exploration of tympanomastoid region, 67 cases showed various froms of ossicular damages. We found multiossicular losses to be more frequent than isolated involvement of a single ossicle. Granulations were more frequent [49%] than cholesteatoma [15%]. Central defects of the tympanic membrane dominated