author(s)
Jobanjit Singh and Jasmeen Kaur

abstract
The present case report describes the clinical presentation, surgical treatment and outcome of a geriatric dog suffering from chronic obstructive otitis externa, which was treated by performing total ear canal ablation (TECA) and lateral bulla osteotomy (LBO). A ten year old, male Pomerarian dog was presented with the history of bilateral chronic otitis externa since one year, along with occasional purulent discharge with more severity in the left ear. Clinical examination of the left ear revealed severely stenotic ear canal and radiographic observations revealed bilateral calcification of the vertical and horizontal ear canals. As the animal became totally unresponsive to the medical management from the past one month we performed total ear canal ablation (TECA) and lateral bulla osteotomy (LBO) of the left ear. The surgical outcome was excellent with none of the complication(s) encountered during the intra operative and post-operative period. Total ear canal ablation (TECA) and lateral bulla osteotomy (LBO) was successful in the management of chronic obstructive otitis externa by removing the affected tissue as a whole.