Nonsurgical treatment of various auricular deformities.
Nonsurgical treatment does not always correct all auricular deformities. However, we believe that all types of deformities can be treated if the gradual and continuous correction is made. Therefore, it is recommended that nonsurgical treatment should be tried first, even in older children. Even if the correction with the splint is not satisfactory, the improved form with the splint will make it easier to obtain a good, delicate form by surgery at a later stage.
Yotsuyanagi
Takatoshi
T
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Japan. yotsu@cc.hirosaki-u.ac.jp
Yokoi
Katsunori
K
Sawada
Yukimasa
Y
D002675:Child, Preschool; D004431:Ear, External / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D013165:Splints