Pre-Op

A CT and an audiogram are necessary to conduct the atresia repair assessment.  Click here for more details on this process

Surgery

            Overview for All Atresia Repairs

                        Create Canal
                        Repair or Replace Ossicles
                        Create Ear Drum
                        Line Canal with Skin Graft

           Differences between outer ear reconstruction techniques

Rib Graft repair, atresia repair comes AFTER outer ear reconstruction
Medpor, atresia repar comes BEFORE outer ear reconstruction

Initial incision and canal placement looks different depending on whether microtic ear has been repaired

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