Otoplasty

Otoplasty

Cosmetic Surgery of the Face, Head, and Neck

Published in M. Sandra Wood, Internet Guide to Cosmetic Surgery for Women, 2013

Otoplasty is the surgical procedure used to correct ears that protrude, or stick out from the side of the head, or to reduce the size of the ears. Commonly called “pinning back” the ears, otoplasty improves one’s appearance without affecting hearing.

Does postauricular fascial flap reduce suture complications in otoplasty?

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Published in Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, 2018

Antonio Albacete Neto, Luís Fernando Ungarelli, Pedro Soler Coltro, Gabriela Lustri Schwartzmann, Grazielle Souza Horácio, Vinícius Zolezi Silva, Jayme Adriano Farina

This was a retrospective case series of patients who underwent otoplasty for prominent ear correction using the simplified split postauricular fascial flap from September 2011 to August 2014. Their electronic medical charts were reviewed, with the support of a questionnaire to collect relevant data. There was no conflict of interest or source funding. This study was approved by our Institutional Review Board. Inclusion criteria were primary otoplasty to correct prominent ears, surgery supervised by the same surgeon, use of nonabsorbable conchomastoid and conchoscaphal sutures, and six months follow-up at least. Patients were evaluated at postoperative days 1,7,14, 42 and 180. For statistical purposes, patients were considered as subjects.

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