title: [Surgical treatment of exostosis in the external auditory canal].
abstract: Exostoses of the external auditory canal are benign bony tumours very common in individuals who frequently participate in aquatic activities. Although most of the cases are asymptomatic, patients with more severe exostoses have recurrent episodes of external otitis and related conductive hearing loss. In the great majority of these cases, a medical treatment (aspiration and antibiotic drops) resolves the symptoms. Patients with more severe canal stenosis, resistant to medical treatment, are candidates for surgical removal of the exostoses. This report reviews our surgical experience with 45 patients, 52 ears, who have undergone surgical removal of exostoses in our Institution during the last 13 years. We describe the technique that we use a well as the results that we achieve.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de ORL, Hospital Donostia, San Sebastián. xabieraltuna@seorl.net
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Altuna Mariezkurrena
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Vea Orte
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Camacho Arrioaga
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Algaba Guimerá
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004431:Ear, External / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005096:Exostoses / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies