“…However, conductive hearing loss may worsen after lateral temporal bone resection (LTBR) due to postoperative complications such as chronic infection, bone exposure, stenosis and closure of the EAC [Iida et al, 2013;Zhang et al, 2013]. To prevent these adverse events, several methods, such as the use of a local flap, free flap or skin graft, have been reported [Bell, 1988;Hoshikawa et al, 2012;Iida et al, 2013;Koshima et al, 2004]. Meanwhile, the details of postoperative hearing ability for patients with EAC carcinoma have not been well described in the literature.…”