Partial Medial Canal Fibrosis

Acquired medial canal fibrosis

Acquired medial canal fibrosis is a discrete clinicopathologicalentity characterized by formation ol fibrous tissue in the bony external auditory meatus. Over a seven-year period, a total of 14 operative procedures were performed on 12 ears involving 10 patients. Four cases had followed otitis externa, two were complications of suppurative otitis media, and three cases were iatrogenic. The caus...

Postinflammatory medial canal fibrosis: An institutional review and meta-analysis of short- and long-term outcomes.

OBJECTIVE Few studies report outcomes of surgical management of postinflammatory medial canal fibrosis (PIMCF). The objectives were to compare short- and long-term outcomes after surgical repair of PIMCF at our institution and systematically aggregate published data for meta-analysis. DATA SOURCES Medical records for the case series; PubMed, Scopus, and OVID/Medline for the systematic review/...

Split thickness skin grafts in four cases of medial meatal fibrosis of the external auditory canal.

Medial meatal fibrosis is a rare condition in which the medial portion of the external auditory canal is obliterated with fibrous tissue. We selected 4 cases of patients with medial meatal fibrosis with a history of recurrent otorrhea who underwent surgery during the years of 2012 and 2013, presenting the surgical results here. Physical examination showed an obliterated external auditory canal ...

Partial atrioventricular canal

Partial atrioventricular canal defect in adults.

Between March 1955 and March 1981, 52 adult patients (age 20 years or older) with partial atrioventricular canal (PAVC) were examined at the Mayo Clinic. Forty patients were in New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class I or II. The ECG showed right bundle branch block with left-axis deviation in 48, first-degree atrioventricular block in 33 and atrial fibrillation in nine. Preoperative...