Category: ear reshaping | otoplasty | technical strategies

Technical Strategies – Otoplasty Ear Reshaping Surgery in the Prone Position

Otoplasty is a well known ear reshaping procedure. Pinning the ears back, as it is often called, changes the shape of the ear cartilage through sutures and sometimes cartilage excisions. Done from an incision on the back of the ear it is often combined with other facial procedures due to surgical proximity and convenience. But Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Otoplasty Surgery for Protruding Ears

Background: The protruding ear stands out from the side of head in an exaggerated fashion which is what makes it too visible. One of the features of a good looking ear is that it does not stand out in any conspicuous way. The increased auriculocephalic angle of the protruding ear is not due to a Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Otoplasty in the Asian Female

Background: The most common congenital malformation of the external ears is that of excessive protrusion. Technically defined as the auriculo-cephalic angle, how open this angle is defines creates the appearance of ears that stick out too far. While the normal angle is up to 30 degrees, what really counts is the patient perception of their Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Otoplasty in Young Male Child

Background: The formation of the ear is an amazingly complex embryonic process. That is evident in just looking at the ear with its spiral array of convexities and concavities of cartilage around the ear canal. It is remarkable that it forms properly and does so twice in most people due to its bilateral presence. But Read More…

Combining Vertical Ear Reduction with Setback Otoplasty

The vertically long ear is one that appears disproportionate to other facial features. Generally if the length of the ear is greater than that of the nose, for example, it can be judged to be too long. But no matter how it is measured of the patient thinks the ear is too long then it Read More…

Interpositional Grafting in Reversal Otoplasty

Otoplasty is the most common total ear reshaping surgery. Its objective is to take an ear that sticks out too far and bring it in closer to the side of the head. This is typically done by changing the shape of the cartilage through sutures placed on the back of the ear. How much the Read More…

The Occurrence of Suture Extrusion in Otoplasty

Otoplasty is the most common ear reshaping procedure for prominent ears. Known as ear pinning, it achieves its result by bending the ear cartilage back into a better position and stabilizing them with sutures. In the short term it is the sutures that maintain the new ear position and a loss of their tension or Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Pediatric Reversal Otoplasty

Background: Otoplasty is the most form of ear reshaping surgery. Even though the term otoplasty is a general one it is typically associated with treating the protruding ear. The ear that sticks out is due to excessive conchal cartilage, lack of an adequate antihelical fold or both. Changing this undesired ear shape is done by Read More…

Case Study – Otoplasty Reversal with Irradiated Rib Graft

Background: Otoplasty is a well known cosmetic ear surgery that treats ears that stick out too far. It is done by either creating an increased cartilage fold, removing or scoring (weakening) of the cartilage or a combination of both techniques. The goal is to change an auriculocephalic angle to a more acceptable one, bringing the Read More…

Early Age Otoplasty in Children

Otoplasty or pinning back of the ears is the most frequently done ear reshaping procedure. It can be done throughout life in a wide range of ages. It is most commonly done in children and teenagers where protruding ears can be a very sensitive issue in their early psychosocial. While once done in children because Read More…