Protruding or concealed: Defining ideal cranioauricular angle via a morphometric analysis in Asians.

Introduction: The frontal appearance of ears, usually overlooked in facial aesthetics, has gained increasing attention among Asians. However, a consensus on the ideal cranioauricular angle is currently lacking. This study aims to investigate the ideal cranioauricular angle as perceived by the Asian population through a questionnaire-based survey.

Prevalence study of body dysmorphic disorder symptoms in plastic surgery.

Introduction: The objective of this work was to determine the prevalence of Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) symptoms in plastic and aesthetic surgery consultations in a large cohort of patients presenting for initial consultations for various indications.

Results: We conducted a prospective, single-center cohort study between January 2022 and November 2022. A total of 1169 questionnaires were collected, and 842 patients were included in the study.

Letter to the Editor: A New Guiding Suturing Technique for Reshaping of the Antihelix in Patients with Prominent Ears.

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Incisionless Otoplasty: Current State of the Art.

Prominent ears, also known as prominauris, inflict psychological distress and suffering on both children and adults. Otoplasty has become one of the most common aesthetic operations due to its high prevalence and significant impact on patients. Various surgical techniques for otoplasty have been documented and developed over time.

Double Triangular Cartilage Excision in Otoplasty Revisited.

Background:  Prominent ears negatively impact the psychological and social health of individuals. Despite the availability of different surgical correction methods for this congenital condition, many of these techniques might result in significant risks of complications and the condition often reappears. Herein, we present log-term outcomes of our suture-free method that employs various strategies to reduce these risks and prevent recurrences.

A New Guiding Suturing Technique for Reshaping of the Antihelix in Patients with Prominent Ears.

Background: Prominent ears are the most common congenital anomaly of the head and neck. A complete understanding of the definition of prominent ears is necessary. The present retrospective study described guiding sutures to hold the antihelix in a temporary corrected position before placing the permanent Mustardé sutures.

Otoplasty and Ear Reconstruction Complications.

Prominauris, often known as prominent ears, is one of the most frequent congenital deformities of the head and neck. Therefore, otoplasty has gained significant popularity and is now one of the most performed procedures in the field of facial plastic surgery.Reconstructing and correcting ear abnormalities remains a challenging procedure in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery.

Ear Correction of Newborn Ear Deformity.

Otoplasty has been described for nearly 200 years for children and adults. Although auricular deformity has been recognized in newborns, treatment options were lacking. With the development of ear molding techniques, newborn ear deformities can now be corrected nonsurgically.

Full Anterior Scoring Otoplasty.

Lop ear deformity is the most common head and neck congenital malformation with an estimated incidence of 5% among newborns. Otoplasty is the surgical procedure designed for its correction. More than 200 surgical techniques have been described so far to treat this condition, most of them including a cartilage weakening maneuver to avoid the relapse of the original auricle shape a few months after surgery.

Natural-Looking Ears after Otoplasty with a Modified Anterior Scoring Technique.

The correction of prominent ears is a rewarding operation. When choosing a surgical technique, we prefer a cartilage-sparing technique to a cartilage-splitting technique to achieve natural-looking long-term results. In this article, we present our preferred technique of an anterior scoring technique combined with concha-mastoid sutures step by step.

Bat Ear Correction Steps and Outcomes for Better Life Support.

An unusually projecting human ear is known as a prominent ear, otapostasis, or bat ear. It might be both bilateral and unilateral. The scapha and antihelix of the big concha are not well formed.

Joseph Pancoast (1805-1882) and His Innovations in Plastic Surgery.

Joseph Pancoast (1805-1882), a prominent figure in 19th-century surgery and medical education, introduced several innovative surgical techniques during his career While he made significant contributions to various areas of surgery, including plastic surgery and anatomy, his techniques were particularly notable for their precision and efficacy. Some of his surgical innovations are the facial grafting especially in rhinoplasty either by using a forehead graft or by using a graft from the cheeks. He introduced his own operation for Staphyloplasty by dissecting two flaps of mucous membrane having a triangular shape and contributed also in taliacotian operation, blepharoplasty, otoplasty, cheiloplastic operation in case of lip cancer, amputations at the hip-joint, ocular deformities and tongue cancer restoration.

A Bibliometric Analysis of the 100 Most-Cited Articles on Otoplasty.

A bibliometric analysis was conducted in April 2024 to review the current trends in otoplasty. It involved a literature search of the Scopus database for original articles with the query terms "otoplasty" and "pinnaplasty," without restricting publication dates or selecting journals in the database. The top 100 articles with the highest citations were reviewed.

Further Refinements in Otoplasty Surgery: A Modified Approach to Prevent Suture Extrusion in Cartilage-Suturing Otoplasty Using a Postauricular Dermofascial Flap.

Background: Suture extrusion has been reported to be the most common complication after cartilage-sparing otoplasty. Several studies have described various designs of postauricular flaps to cover the cartilage sutures and reduce the incidence of suture extrusion.

Methods: A total of 100 consecutive patients with prominent ears were operated on between January of 2018 and February of 2023 using a deepithelialized postauricular dermofascial flap that is performed as an adjunct to the authors' cartilage-sparing otoplasty technique, which is essentially a combined modified Mustardé and Furnas technique.

Results of Modified Stenströms Technique Otoplasty and Patients' Satisfaction at King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital (KFAFH).

Background Globally, the prevalence of protruding ears is relatively frequent. Ear deformities manifest due to underdevelopment of the antihelical fold, conchal hypertrophy, and/or an obtuse conchoscaphal angle. The availability of multiple approaches proves that there isn't a single optimal accepted procedure.