title: Surgical treatment of medial meatal fibrosis. Report of four cases.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We describe four cases of medial meatal fibrosis, a rare condition of the external auditory canal, in which hearing improved following surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  Four patients with medial meatal fibrosis underwent surgical treatment and had been followed at the University of Tokyo during the last 5 years. We examined hearing improvement and recurrence. A patient had graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) with her urethra and vagina, and two patients had methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection with their affected ears.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All cases got hearing improvement without any major complications.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Medial meatal fibrosis may be treated satisfactory with surgical interventions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8665, Japan. suzukawa-tky@umin.ac.jp
authors.forename: Keigo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suzukawa
authors.forename: Shotaro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Karino
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamasoba
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D004424:Ear Canal / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005355:Fibrosis / Q000601:surgery; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009225:Myringoplasty; D010032:Otitis Externa / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D010034:Otitis Media with Effusion / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D038781:Otoscopy; D012086:Reoperation; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed; D014433:Tympanoplasty