[Surgery of the external auditory canal in familial bilateral auditory canal atresia].

Background: Inherited isolated bilateral atresia of the external auditory canal is rare. Ear canal surgery procedure is difficult.
Methods: Basing on a case report of a family with inherited isolated bilateral atresia of the external auditory canal in 4 cases the way of preoperative diagnostics including human genetics and our surgical concept is described.
Results: Resulting clinical findings showed complete epithelialization of the ear canal and ear drum with slight conductive hearing loss.
Conclusions: Canaloplasty in atresia can be easily and successfully accomplished by our modified technique.