title: Meatoplasty in Canal wall down Surgery: Our Experience and Literature Review.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Meatoplasty is the final and essential step in performing effective canal wall down surgery for chronic otitis media. In this article we review some previous techniques and discuss our preferred method.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this observational case series study, we used this technique in 53 patients (28 male and 25 female) between January 2005 and January 2008. Our survey was completed in 31 patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twenty-six patients (83.9%) said their ear appeared normal after the procedure, but five patients (16.1%) complained of some minor change in the shape of their ear. Twenty-nine patients (93.5%) had a completely wide ear canal. The ear canal had some degree of stenosis in two patients (6.5%) post-operatively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This technique offers good functional and cosmetic results with minimal manipulation and minimal anatomic disruption.
authors.affiliation: ENT and Head & Neck Research Center, Hazrat Rasoul Akram Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Faramarz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Memari
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery. Firoozgar Clinical Research Development center, Firoozgar Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Mojtaba
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maleki Delarestaghi
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery. Firoozgar Clinical Research Development center, Firoozgar Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Parisa
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mir
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine. Shohada Medical Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: GolMohammadi
authors.affiliation: ENT and Head & Neck Research Center, Hazrat Rasoul Akram Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Ehsan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Shams Koushki
keywords: Canal well down; Meatoplasty; Methods