canalplasty

canalplasty

ENT A procedure used to repair defects of the external auditory canal by removing abnormal bone growth–eg, anterior overhang or exostosis, removal and replacement of intractably infected mucocutaneous tissue in the canal and enlargement or straightening of a stenotic or tortuous external auditory canal

canalplasty

(kan'al-plas?te) [ canal + -plasty] Surgery to reopen a narrow, closed, or clogged external auditory canal. It is used, for example, in patients with external otitis that has not responded to medical therapy. Synonym: canaloplasty (3)