Surgical Treatment of Polyotia.

Arch Craniofac Surg

Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Uijeongbu, Korea.

Published: August 2015

Polyotia is an extremely rare type of the auricular malformation that is characterized by a large accessory ear. A 3-year-old girl presented to us with bilateral auricular abnormalities and underwent two-stage corrective operation for polyotia. In this report, we present the surgical details and postoperative outcomes of polyotia correction in the patient. Relevant literature is reviewed.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5556855PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.7181/acfs.2015.16.2.84DOI Listing

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