A simple operative procedure for the treatment of Stahl's ear.
Stahl's ear is a rather rare congenital deformity and operative procedures for its correction have seldom been reported. We recently devised a simple method of surgical treatment, which is briefly described as follows: incisions are made into the third crus cartilage to facilitate the formation of a helical fold, and the cartilage is sutured by means of a mattress suture. This method makes it possible to produce a natural helix, though it fails to eliminate the third crus.
D002648:Child; D004431:Ear, External / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods