A computer-assisted operation for congenital aural malformations.
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.
Nishizaki
K
K
Department of Otolaryngology, Okayama University Medical School, Japan.
Masuda
Y
Y
Nishioka
S
S
Akagi
H
H
Takeda
Y
Y
Ohkawa
Y
Y
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