title: [Correction of the external ear using cartilage-sparing techniques].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To establish the value of cartilage sparing suture techniques for correction of prominent ears.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Gooi-Noord Hospital, Blaricum, the Netherlands.
  
  
  METHODS
  Between 1989 and 1992, 117 ears in 62 patients were corrected for prominence. Results were evaluated using the McDowell criteria for anatomy and localisation of the ear.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of 117 ears 108 were corrected successfully. A recurrence was seen in 6 ears and 3 ears showed overcorrection. Reoperation was needed in 2 ears. A suture was extruded in 15 ears, which could be treated relatively easily in 14.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cartilage sparing suture techniques for correction of the specific anatomic deformities of prominent ears prove to be successful. Suture extrusion was the most frequent, but minor, complication. Suture extrusion appears to be dependent upon suture material and localisation.
authors.affiliation: Ziekenhuis Gooi-Noord, afd. Keel-, Neus- en Oorheelkunde/Hoofd-Hals-chirurgie, Blaricum.
authors.forename: H D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Vuyk
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: van der Baan
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Olde Kalter
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004431:Ear, External / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D004954:Esthetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods; D013536:Suture Techniques
vernacular_title: Oorschelpcorrectie met kraakbeensparende technieken.