EAR SURGERY – OTOPLASTY
EAR surgery goal
Normally the ears are pushed towards the head. (they then look big and lop)
Standard surgery
The cut is performed on the ear lobe from behind and is therefore almost invisible. The operation will primarily affect the position of the cartilage. Two to three days lightweight compression bandages. After that it is suggested that the patient wears a head tape or cap for the next three weeks so that the ears can take their new position and form.
When this type of surgery is performed on children it is done under total anesthesia, while for teenagers and adults under local anesthesia.
The patients stay at the clinic for one day. The threads are taken off after 7 days.
EAR laser surgery
What are the steps of a ear laser surgery procedure?
Step 1 – Anesthesia
Medications are administered for your comfort during the surgical procedure. The choices include local, intravenous sedation or general anesthesia. Your doctor will recommend the best choice for you.
Step 2 – The laser incision
Correction of protruding ears uses surgical techniques to create or increase the antihelical fold (just inside the rim of the ear) and to reduce enlarged conchal cartilage (the largest and deepest concavity of the external ear). Incisions for otoplasty are generally made on the back surface of the ear. When incisions are necessary on the front of the ear, they are made within its folds to hide them. Internal, nonremovable sutures are used to create and secure the newly shaped cartilage in place.
Step 3 – Closing the incisions
External stitches close the incision. Techniques are individualized, taking care not to distort other structures and to avoid an unnatural “pinned back” appearance.
Step 4 – See the results
Ear laser surgery offers near immediate results in cases of protruding ears, visible once the dressings that support the new shape of the ear during initial phases of healing are removed. With the ear permanently positioned closer to the head, surgical scars are either hidden behind the ear or well hidden within the natural creases of the ear.
Chong-Chet technique modified by use of laser
A lot ofotoplasty techniques have been developed during the past years. However, there is no single perfect technique which is worldwide accepted. We present our assessment of a Chong-Chet anterior scoring technique for the correction of prominent ears which we applied in 30 patients between 2005 and 2010. This study is a report of creating a natural fold of cartilage using Chong-Chet anterior scoring technique by cartilage incision at the border between the antihelix and scapha, with medial scoring of the scapha and lateral scoring of the antihelix. Sutures were used to maintain the created fold. There were no major complications at the 1-year follow-up evaluation. None of the patients developed a recurrence, or retro protrusion of the helix which required a second operation for correction. The procedure is a simple surgical technique. The reconstructed ear shows reliable results in stability, size and normal convolutions. Furthermore, sharp cartilaginous ridges and hidden helix are avoided.
LASER EAR SURGERY PRICE LIST
Laser EAR correction – from 1200 ps
* Important Note:
Prices in the price list are approximate. The final price after examination and consultation with the surgeon.
Prices are expressed in EUR, payment in dinars at the Bank Intesa sales rate on the day of payment.
