Category: otoplasty

The Dermal Anchor Technique in Setback Otoplasty

Correction of the protruding ear, known as setback otoplasty, has been around for well over one hundred years and numerous techniques have been described to treat it. Because so many methods have been described for the procedure this speaks to the observation that there is no one perfect way to do it. What separates these Read More…

The Dermal Anchor Technique in Otoplasty for Protruding Ear Correction

In the correction of the protruding ear numerous techniques have evolved over the years, all of which claim to produce good or improved ear shapes or less rates of relapse. Which each of these otoplasty techniques have a role in certain patients, good results are claimed with minimalist approaches to very aggressive cartilage reshaping techniques. Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Setback Otoplasty with Conchal Reduction

Background: The ear has a complex topography on close inspection but is typically overlooked as it sits on the side of the head. It only takes on increased aesthetic significance when it sticks out too far from the side of the head. An increased auriculocephalic angle can be created by alterations in the shape of Read More…

Surgical Reshaping of the Lying or Folded Back Ear Deformity

The appearance of the external ear is completely controlled by the shape of the cartilage that lies within it. Short of the lobule, any change to the ear requires manipulation of its cartilage framework. This is seen in the commonly performed setback otoplasty for protruding ears where bending of the cartilage moves it closer to Read More…

Technical Strategies – Maximal Superior Otoplasty Repositioning

Otoplasty is a generic term for ear reshaping of a variety of aesthetic deformities. In its most classic use it is a term specifically for setting back the protruding ear using different suture techniques of cartilage reshaping/repositioming done through a postauricular approach. It decreases the auriculoephalic angle by creating a more defined anti helical fold, Read More…

Clinical Experience with Cartilage Reshaping Only Otoplasty Surgery

Otoplasty or ear reshaping surgery for prominent ears has a long history of over a century of clinical experience. Since its early inception the focus has been on changing the shape of the cartilage which makes up almost the entire ear with the exception of the earlobe. How to reshape the ear cartilage has been Read More…

Technical Strategies – Postauricular Sulcus Reduction in Setback Otoplasty

The most common procedure in ear reshaping is a setback otoplasty. Done since the late 1890s the treatment of the protruding ears has undergone a evolution in techniques. Initially relying on skin removal from the back of the ear only, less relapse was associated with manipulation of the ear cartilages. Folding back of the ear Read More…

Technical Strategies – The Mini-Otoplasty Approach for Select Ear Deformities

Otoplasty is the generic term for many differ types of aesthetic ear surgeries. The term is most commonly associated with the setback procedure or ear pinning. This is where the ears stick out or protrude too far from the side of the head and the ear cartilage is reshaped or repositioned to bring the ear Read More…

Technical Strategies – Prone (Upside Down) Otoplasty

Otoplasty or ear reshaping surgery has been done for over a century. The most reason it is performed in children or in adults is for ears that stick out. (protruding ears) The operation primarily consists of reshaping the ear cartilages by the placement of sutures on the backside of the ear. Such an operation is Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Otoplasty in Young Children

Background: Correction of the protruding ear is the most common ear reshaping procedure done that involves cartilage manipulation. While it can be done at any age, it is perfectly acceptable to do otoplasty at a very young age. It has been shown that even as young as age two, no adverse long-term effects occur to Read More…