2002 Volume 12 Issue 2 Pages 119-124
Lateral temporal bone resection (lateral TBR) is indicated for malignant neoplasms localized to the osseous and cartilaginous external auditory canal (EAC) with no encroachment on the medial mesotympanum. Because of the good prognosis after lateral TBR, few publications treated with the postoperative complications, hearing loss accompanied the stenosis and obstruction of the EAC as a result of healing by granulation. In this report, two cases of primary squamous cell carcinoma and adenoid cystic carcinoma arising from the EAC undergoing lateral TBR was described.
The experience of stenosis and obstruction of the EAC and hearing loss after lateral TBR were described.
