title: Reduction otoplasty: correction of the large or asymmetric ear.
abstract: Reduction otoplasty is an uncommon procedure performed for macrotia and ear asymmetry. Techniques described in the literature for this procedure are few. The authors present their ear reduction approach that not only achieves the desired reduction effectively and accurately, but also addresses and creates the natural anatomic proportions of the ear, leaving a scar well hidden within the fold of the helix.
authors.affiliation: General Surgery and Plastics Surgery Unit, Werribee Mercy Hospital, 300 Princes Highway, Werribee, Melbourne, VIC, 3030, Australia. ayuen7@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yuen
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Coombs
mesh_terms: D004423:Ear / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*