FIBERSCOPE-ASSISTED EVALUATION OF PRERECONSTRUCTED AND POSTRECONSTRUCTED EXTERNAL AUDITORY-CANAL

The malignant tumors of the external auditory canal often invade the m iddle ear area through the narrow canal, so it is difficult to determi ne the surgical excisional margin. A patient undergoing external audit ory canal reconstruction following excision of a squamous cell carcino ma using a chondrocutaneous flap and fiberscope-assisted preoperative and postoperative diagnoses are described. We obtained good patency of the canal postoperatively. This technique is quite simple and easy to use. We believe fiberscope-assisted surgery is useful for extracting lesions in small areas. In the future, its application will extend to the area of plastic surgery.