title: The swing-door island flap canalplasty technique.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This article describes a new canalplasty technique for the treatment of symptoms resulting from chronic refractory otitis externa.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report on our experience using a swing-door island flap and a periosteal flap. Thirteen patients underwent treatment and a total of 19 ears were operated on. The range of preoperative symptoms was 3 to 22 years (mean length of symptoms = 12 years).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The postoperative course in all the patients showed this to be a satisfactory treatment with no recurrence of symptoms.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The swing-door island flap canalplasty technique is an effective surgical treatment in patients with refractory otitis externa.
authors.affiliation: ENT Department, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, UK claudianogueira1@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nogueira
authors.affiliation: ENT Department, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
authors.forename: Fatima
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mallick
authors.affiliation: ENT Department, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
authors.forename: Sushila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaushal
authors.affiliation: ENT Department, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
authors.forename: Anil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Banerjee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004424:Ear Canal / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010032:Otitis Externa / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: canalplasty; chronic refractory otitis externa; external auditory canal