Category: otoplasty | plastic surgery case study

Plastic Surgery Case Study – The Prone Setback Otoplasty

Background: Otoplasty is a common ear reshaping procedure for which many variations of how to perform it successfully have been proposed. The one similarity of all otoplasty techniques is that they are performed in the supine or face up position. The head is turned from side to side where the ear is then laying flat Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Webbed Neck Correction Combined with Otoplasties and Submental Liposuction

Background: The webbed neck is a well known congenital deformity that is associated with many different syndromes and conditions, most notably Turner’s syndrome. Its embryology is not precisely known although it is somewhat simplistically obvious looking at facial development and the migration of the ears upward from the neck at around 7 to 8 weeks Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Upper Ear Setback By A Sulcus Reduction Technique

Background: The treatment of the protruding ear is a common and historic plastic surgery procedure. While various techniques exist to pull back the concha cartilage and /or create a more defined anti helical fold to reduce the auriculocephalic angle their effects are primarily at the middle third of the ear. In such setback otoplasties the upper third Read More…

Technical Strategies – Dermal Graft Helical Rim Ear Contouring

Despite its small size the shape of the ear is made up of many components. The largest in surface area as well as its appearance is the outer helical rim. It starts at the superior attachment of the ear to the side of the head (helical root) and wraps around the entire ear until it Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Long Term Results of Subtotal Otoplasty Reversals

Background: An otoplasty procedure to setback protruding ears is the most common ear reshaping surgery and the second most performed aesthetic ear surgery. (earlobe repair/reconstruction is #1) It is a procedure that changes the shape of the cartilages that make up the structural rigidity of the ear. Many different types of cartilage manipulations have been Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Correction of Over Corrected Otoplasty with Release and Cartilage Grafting

Background: Ons of then most common aesthetic ear procedures is a setback otoplasty to reduce protruding ears. While a wide variety of techniques have been described to do this operation the fundamental concept is that the ear is set back closer to the side of the head by either creating or increasing the antihelical fold Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Long-Term Suture Extrusion in Setback Otoplasty Surgery

Background: Setback otoplasty is one of the most common aesthetic ear surgeries with a wide variety of technique to accomplish it. But regardless of the techniques used sutures are involved. They either create the desired ear shape change or, at the very least, help hold it into its new position as it heals. These sutures Read More…

Technical Strategies – Cartilage Grafting in Subtotal Otoplasty Reversals

The 2nd most common aesthetic ear surgery is a setback otoplasty. (earlobe manipulations is #1) In this procedure the shape of cartilages are changed by a variety of techniques to lessen the distance of the ear from the side of the head. (decreased auriculocephalic angle) But no matter which technique(s) are used for the setback Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Total Ear Reshaping with Subtotal Otoplasty Reversal, Vertical Ear Reduction and Helical Lidding Correction

Background: The most common aesthetic ear surgery is a setback otoplasty. There are a wide variety of methods to pull back the protruding ear including suture techniques, cartilage removal and scoring and combinations of both. Regardless of the technique(s) used they are mainly applied to the conchal area in the middle third of the ear Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Secondary Otoplasty Surgery For Maximum Ear Setback

Background: Otoplasty is a very common aesthetic ear surgery that has a long history of various techniques to lessen the appearance of the protruding ear. Regardless of the technique used the goal is to being the ear to a more pleasing position along the side of the head. What the position is has an ideal Read More…