[Multispiral computed tomography for the assessment of the extent of surgical intervention in patients with chronic suppurative otitis media].

The utility of the data obtained by multispiral computed tomography (MSCT) for the choice of surgical techniques is discussed with special reference to chronic suppurative otitis media. Specific features of bone tissue destruction are described in patients with cholesteatoma and without it. Results of MSCT were used to estimate the optimal extent of surgical intervention. Intraoperative findings were in excellent agreement with MSCT data.