Endaural Incision in Meatoplasty of Surfer's Ear

The approach for meatoplaty of surfer's ear is well reported using a postaural incision. Because tympanomeatal skin is easily damaged through this approach, we opted to perform an endaural incision in 3 cases of surfer's ear in patients who visited the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at Aichi Medical University. The tympanomeatal skin was detached, osteoplasty performed, and the skin was reattached using fibrin glue. No skin defect was found after the surgery in all three cases. Endaural incision is useful for preserving the tympanomeatal skin during meatoplaty.