[Surgery of the external auditory canal in familial bilateral auditory canal atresia]
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1Klinik für Hals-, Nasen-, Ohrenheilkunde, Kopf- und Halschirurgie, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel. knut.frese@audio.uni-kiel-de
Background:
Inherited isolated bilateral atresia of the external auditory canal is rare. Ear canal surgery procedure is difficult.
Methods:
Basing on a case report of a family with inherited isolated bilateral atresia of the external auditory canal in 4 cases the way of preoperative diagnostics including human genetics and our surgical concept is described.
Results:
Resulting clinical findings showed complete epithelialization of the ear canal and ear drum with slight conductive hearing loss.
Conclusions:
Canaloplasty in atresia can be easily and successfully accomplished by our modified technique.

