A new method for reconstruction of the external ear canal in congenital aural atresia - Free skin graft prepared from penile prepuce

3rd International Symposium on Transplants and Implants in Otology -- JUN 10-14, 1995 -- BORDEAUX, FRANCEWOS: A1996BJ79Q00045A new reconstruction technique that can be performed in the treatment of male patients with congenital aural atresia is presented. In a six-year-old boy with unilateral agenesis of the external auditory canal and middle ear malformation, circumcision was carried out at the same time as the ear surgery, and a preputial graft prepared in a special manner was used in the reconstruction of the external auditory canal. Complete epithelization of the external auditory canal and a wide meatus was obtained with-a hearing gain of 45-50 dB in four months. By keeping the Merocel packing in the external auditory canal for 20 days, seven consecutive dressings were changed after the operation