Table 1: Essential and Ideal Video Completeness Criteria for
Cholesteatoma
- Explanation of Cholesteatoma – definition with classification,
etiology, epidemiology, clinical features/natural history, diagnosis,
prognosis
- Treatment options – Observe if elderly or infirm or Surgery (see
specific below)
- Pre-operative investigations – audiometry, Computed Topography +/-
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Risks of operation - Facial Nerve Damage, Dizziness/Balance/Vertigo,
Tinnitus, Taste disturbance, Incomplete eradication/recurrence,
Hearing loss (Conductive or Sensorineural), Tympanic Membrane
Perforation/Graft Failure, Pain, Infection, Bleeding
- Surgical goals and strategies for the operation
- Operation – surgical approaches (open/endoscopic) and canal
wall-up/down
- Post-operative management and options
- Outcomes/expectations - healing, hearing, follow-up time