title: A computer-assisted operation for congenital aural malformations.
abstract: Surgical procedures to correct malformations of the external auditory canal are associated with the risk of facial nerve injury. We operated on a 6-year-old boy with a stenotic external auditory canal using a Viewing Wand (ISG Technologies Inc., Mississauga, Ontario, Canada) for improved visualization. We present our experience using this imaging system for aural surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Okayama University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishizaki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Masuda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nishioka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akagi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takeda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohkawa
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003201:Computers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004431:Ear, External / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed