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Vessel-sparing Excision and Primary Anastomosis
Published on: January 7, 2019
Canalplasty
1Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Cornell University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America
|July 7, 1999
Abstract:
An essential requisite for successful ear surgery is a patent external ear. A number of anatomic variants or abnormalities may obstruct its lumen, resulting in conductive hearing loss, hampering access for routine ear cleansing, or obscuring underlying pathology. This article reviews a surgical technique for canalplasty that can be modified to successfully treat either bone or soft tissue blockages of the external auditory canal.
