Long-term result of meatoplasty using inferiorly based retroauricular island pedicle flap for external auditory canal stenosis

• Published in: Auris, nasus, larynx Vol. 43; no. 4; pp. 382 - 386
• Main Authors: Nagaoka, Midori, Noguchi, Yoshihiro, Kawashima, Yoshiyuki, Ito, Taku, Koda, Hiroko, Kitamura, Ken
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.08.2016
• Subjects: Adult; Audiometry, Pure-Tone; Auditory Threshold; Child; Constriction, Pathologic - diagnostic imaging; Constriction, Pathologic - physiopathology; Constriction, Pathologic - surgery; Ear Canal - diagnostic imaging; Ear Canal - surgery; Ear Diseases - diagnostic imaging; Ear Diseases - physiopathology; Ear Diseases - surgery; Female; Humans; Island pedicle flap; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Meatoplasty; Middle Aged; Otolaryngology; Otoscopy; Reconstructive Surgical Procedures - methods; Retrospective Studies; Stenotic ear canal; Surgical Flaps; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Treatment Outcome; Island pedicle flap; Stenotic ear canal; Meatoplasty

Abstract Objective To characterize the long-term outcomes of meatoplasty using our new technique, inferiorly based retroauricular island pedicle flap for external auditory canal (EAC) stenosis. Methods A long-term clinical analysis of meatoplasty for nine patients (mean age, 33 years; age range, 8–6...