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Otoplasty (surgery of the ear) was developed in ancient India and is described in the medical compendium, the Sushruta Samhita (Sushruta's Compendium, c. 500 AD).The book discussed otoplastic and other plastic surgery techniques and procedures for correcting, repairing and reconstructing ears, noses, lips, and genitalia that were amputated as criminal, religious, and military punishments.
According to Weerda, [3] the possibilities are: deformation of the ear leading to deformation at all levels through the destruction of cartilage (so-called “catastrophe ear” after Staindl)[4]; ear lying too close to the head; telephone ear and the reverse of the telephone ear; visible, cosmetically disfiguring cartilage edges and skin retractions along the front surface of the antihelix ...
According to Weerda: cosmetically disfiguring cartilage edges along the anterior surface of the antihelix if the cartilage is scratched or scored too deeply or is injured; post-operative bleeding; haematoma; relapse (ears protrude again); too closely pinned ear; hypertrophic scar; keloid; hypersensitivity; pressure damage if hard bandages are applied too tightly; perichondritis (inflammation ...
According to Weerda: [6] Cosmetically, the different procedures of all otoplasty surgery types can cause disfiguring cartilage edges along the anterior surface of the antihelix if the cartilage is scored too deeply or the perichondrium is injured; post-operative bleeding; hematoma; relapse (ears protruding again); hypersensitivity; pain with ...
The Mustardé technique involves making a long incision on the back of the ear and removing a strip of skin. The skin is dissected from the cartilage between he edge of the ear and the place where the ear is attached to the head (sulcus posterior), thus exposing the cartilage on the back of the ear.
This was also one of the top five most popular procedures among men, who also favoured rhinoplasty and otoplasty, which is ear correction. Meanwhile, face and neck lift surgery increased across ...
Correction by otoplasty involves changing the shape of the ear cartilage so that the ear is brought closer to the side of the head. [2] The skin is not removed, but the shape of the cartilage is altered. The surgery does not affect hearing. [3] It is done for cosmetic purposes only.
Burt Brent is a retired reconstructive plastic surgeon best known for his work in reconstructing the absent outer ear. He built upon the techniques of his mentor, Dr. Radford Tanzer [1] of the Mary Hitchcock Clinic at Dartmouth Medical School and repaired ear defects in 1,800 patients, most of them children born with ear deformities such as microtia.