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Plastic Surgery Case Study – Reconstruction of the Burned Ear

Background: As a projecting facial structure the ear is exposed to a variety of traumatic insults. One such type of traumatic ear injury is that of burns. Most commonly occurring in house and other entrapped fire situations, the sustained exposure  to high heat often causes a melted ear appearance. The anterior exposed ear surface often Read More…

OR Snapshots – ePTFE Implant Framework in Ear Reconstruction

Reconstruction of the lost ear requires a two-layer approach. The base la\yer is the firm and shaped framework which replaces the missing natural cartilage. The choices for the framework are either rib cartilage or synthetic framework.  The second layer is the need for vascularized tissue coverage which, in cases of large amounts of ear loss, Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Osseointegrafted Implant Prosthetic Ear Reconstruction

Background: Loss of an ear can occur from a variety of reasons including cancer resection and traumatic avulsion. Such ear amputations pose major reconstructive challenges which can be done using an autogenous method (cartilage framework and vascularized soft tissue cover), completely prosthetic method (ear prosthesis) or a combination of both autogenous tissue and prosthesis. (synthetic Read More…

Computer-Designed Synthetic Frameworks in Ear Reconstruction

Reconstruction of lost or congenitally malformed ears requires the combination of a solid framework and soft tissue coverage of it. Two techniques for making a framework for the ear have been developed over the years. By history and still commonly used today is to make the framework by harvesting and assembling rib cartilage grafts. While Read More…

Long-Term Outcome of ePTFE Ear Reconstruction

Ear reconstruction for partially or completely removed/lost ears in adults must take into consideration the needed soft tissue coverage. While the cartilage of the ear can be replaced by either a synthetic framework or rib cartilage, it requires vascularized tissue and a skin graft to have a reconstruction result that survives and hopefully looks good. Read More…

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