Otoplasty (Prominent Ear Correction)
Bringing prominent ears closer to the head and recreating the natural antihelical fold.
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Traumatic Ear Defect Reconstruction
Repairing ear defects following injury, burns or tissue loss using grafts and local flaps.
At a glance
- Operating time
- 2–4 hours
- Anaesthesia
- General anaesthesia
- Hospital stay
- 1 nights
- Back to desk work
- approx. 10 days
- Social recovery
- approx. 24 days
About this procedure
Repairing, with reconstructive techniques, damage to the auricle after accidents or tissue loss.
Surgical approach and technique
The missing parts of the ear are reconstructed using local tissue transposition and cartilage grafts.
Who is it for?
Suitable for people whose ear has been partly or wholly damaged by trauma.
Recovery
The integrity and the aesthetic contour of the ear are restored.
Back to desk work: approx. 10 days. Social recovery: approx. 24 days. Depending on the scope of surgery you should plan for between 6 and 12 nights. The exact figure is confirmed in writing with your treatment plan.
The information on this page is general and does not replace medical advice. Timings and recovery vary between individuals; a definitive plan can only be made after examination.
Frequently asked questions
Can an amputated part of the ear be sutured back?
It can be replanted microsurgically immediately after the injury; at a later stage reconstruction is carried out instead.
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Staged reconstruction of a congenitally underdeveloped ear, most often using the patient's own rib cartilage.
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Surgical correction of congenital shape anomalies such as cryptotia, Stahl's ear and constricted ear.
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Correcting asymmetry, recurrence or over-correction after previous ear surgery.
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