Triple flap meatoplasty for acquired meatal atresia
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https://doi.org/10.18203/issn.2454-5929.ijohns20210178Keywords:
Meatal atresia, Acquired, Flaps, Meatoplasty, CanalplastyAbstract
Surgical intervention was undertaken in post-traumatic cartilaginous meatal atresia with an intact tympano-ossicular assembly, utilizing a triple flap meatoplasty, to achieve a wide meatus. The intricacies of the procedure with the late outcome are being discussed.
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