[The behaviour of middle ear mucosa with cholesteatoma and after tympanoplasty (author's transl)].

The middle ear mucosa of rabbits was studied experimentally. After tympanoplasty inflammatory changes were observed together with an epithelial metaplasia, and the appearance of ciliated and goblet cells was noted. These changes disappeared very slowly over the course of a year when almost normal epithelium was found. Epithelial metaplasia in cholesteatoma was similar to that found following surgery.