Abstract
Ear congenital deformities represent an aesthetical concern in adult patients and a social matter in children. An accurate assessment of ear defects should be made preoperatively in order to plan surgery adequately. In order to correctly assess the ear preoperatively the authors have considered four different subunits: helical and scaphal region (A), antihelical region (B), conchal region (C) and lobule region (D). Surgical planning should start from sub-unit A evaluation, ending with sub-unit D, in a concentric fashion. When sub-unit A defects have to be corrected, an anterior approach is preferred. A correct evaluation of ear defects prior to surgery is of dramatic importance. Sub-unit A ear defects are often disregarded, and surgical techniques for their correction are rarely considered. Correcting helical and scaphal defects requires an anterior approach, influencing the technique employed for the correction of subunits B and C defects. Sub-unit B defects should be evaluated and corrected before sub-unit C defects in order to avoid overcorrection of ear protrusion. Several surgical techniques have been described in the literature for correcting ear defects. After many years of experience, we outlined a schematic flowchart t...Continue Reading
References
Jun 1, 1989·Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery·R V Argamaso
Sep 1, 1968·Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery·D W Furnas
Jan 1, 1968·Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery·A J McDowell
Oct 1, 1995·Facial Plastic Surgery : FPS·P A Adamson, H D Strecker
Nov 17, 2001·Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery·N HorlockD T Gault
Aug 6, 2003·Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery·Arun K Gosain, René F Recinos
Apr 1, 1963·British Journal of Plastic Surgery·J C MUSTARDE
Jan 1, 1963·Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery·R C TANZER
Feb 1, 1963·Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery·J M CONVERSE, D WOOD-SMITH
Jul 1, 1963·British Journal of Plastic Surgery·V CHONGCHET
May 1, 1955·Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery·J M CONVERSEN JOHNSON
Mar 3, 2004·Aesthetic Plastic Surgery·Peter KompatscherGertrude M Beer
Mar 22, 2005·Facial Plastic Surgery : FPS·Ralf Siegert
Mar 29, 2005·Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery·Jeffrey E JanisKarol A Gutowski
Apr 30, 2005·Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery·Christopher J W Porter, Swee T Tan
Oct 19, 2006·Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery : JPRAS·A MandalK J Stewart
Dec 20, 2007·Body Image·Nichola Rumsey, Diana Harcourt
Feb 25, 2011·Annals of Plastic Surgery·Ufuk BilkayCuneyt Ozek
Dec 1, 1978·Aesthetic Plastic Surgery·R V Argamaso, M L Lewin
Jul 15, 2015·JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery·Sachin S PawarCraig Murakami
May 14, 2016·The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery·Ercan CihandideAdnan Uzunismail
Mar 9, 2018·Turkish Archives of Otorhinolaryngology·Ahmet AltıntaşGürkan Kayabaşoğlu
Jul 11, 2019·Aesthetic Plastic Surgery·Andrew OrdonDaniel J Gould
Aug 31, 2019·Facial Plastic Surgery : FPS·Ralf Siegert, Ralph Magritz
Aug 5, 2020·Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery : JPRAS·Elizabeth S JonesIain S Whitaker