title: [Analysis on the restenosis of post canaloplasty of external auditory canal].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the causes of restenosis of the postoperative external auditory canal and the prevention of restenosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  The clinical data of 27 cases of external auditory canal stenosis in our hospital from January, 1997 to present were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In our data, 27 cases of external auditory canal stenosis were treated by surgery. The restenosis had happened after the operation with a ratio of 25 percent.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The precision selection of operative style and the lasting expanding of the external canal were important.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, the First Affiliated Hospital, Chongqing Medical College, Chongqing 400016.
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Mengxin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lü
authors.forename: Jianrong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000601:surgery*; D004424:Ear Canal / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D012189:Retrospective Studies