[Petromastoid clearance using plastic surgery in the surveillance of large cavities. Re-suture of the ear canal (author's transl)].
The lesions met with in chronic otitis media and especially in cholesteatoma, can be extremely widespread and, after petromastoid clearance there is a large resulting cavity which is impossible to survey by the usual route of the ear canal. A plastic surgical technique on the ear canal, is described which allows an easy surveillance without esthetic damage. It consists of a resection of a part of the cartilage of the ear canal with conservation of the skin of the inner and outer ear canal. This skin is used to re-suture the piece of cartilage which has been sectioned.
D002781:Cholesteatoma / Q000601:surgery; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004424:Ear Canal / Q000601:surgery*; D004425:Ear Cartilage / Q000601:surgery; D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D008416:Mastoid / Q000601:surgery*; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000601:surgery; D010579:Petrous Bone / Q000601:surgery*; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*
Plastiques d'évidements pétromastoïdiens dans la surveillance des grandes cavités. L'ourlet de la conque.