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Antihelix plasty without modeling sutures.

Raunig H

Spital an der Drau Hospital, Austria. h.raunig@aon.at

Many techniques have been described for the surgical correction of protruding ears. A novel modification of a cartilage-sparing otoplastic technique is provided herein. In this modification, a diamond-coated file is used to abrade the anterior surface of the antihelical cartilage to create biomechanical remodeling with resultant formation of a new antihelix. A case series of 302 ears, operated on over a 3 1/2-year period, is presented in support of this technique. This procedure is appropriate for patients having firm or soft auricular cartilage, an underdeveloped antihelical ridge, and a prominent or moderate hypertrophic conchal wall.

Published 20 September 2005 in Arch Facial Plast Surg, 7(5): 334-41.
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