title: Correction of severe ear deformity due to a congenital earlobe defect.
abstract: This paper describes the reconstruction techniques I have developed to correct a congenital earlobe defect. My technique was employed in the correction of four auricles in two cases of ear deformity due to a congenital earlobe defect. The first case is a 3-year-old girl with a congenital bilateral earlobe defect, loss of the right superior crus of the antihelix, and a left protruding ear. The second case is a 52-year-old female with a congenital bilateral earlobe defect and bilateral protruding ears. The shape of each reconstructed auricle and earlobe was satisfactory.
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Matsudo City Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ohsumi
mesh_terms: D002356:Cartilage / Q000637:transplantation; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004431:Ear, External / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006310:Hearing Aids; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods; D013536:Suture Techniques