Meatoplasty in Canal wall down Surgery: Our Experience and Literature Review.

Introduction: 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.

Materials And 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.

Short- and long-term survival of esophageal cancer patients treated at the Cancer Institute of Iran.

Introduction: Little data is available on the prognosis of esophageal cancer (EC) in Iran. We studied the short- and long-term survival of EC patients treated at the Cancer Institute of Iran.

Methods: 619 patients were followed who had been operated in the years 1997-2006.

The butterfly procedure: a new technique and review of the literature for treating anterior laryngeal webs.

Congenital laryngeal webs, subglottic stenosis, and laryngeal atresia result from various degrees of failure of airway recanalization as a spectrum. The symptoms also range from asymptomatic to dysphonia and severe airway obstruction. There are a number of methods for management of symptomatic patients.