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 Prominent ears and lop ears are a very common congenital malformation. The basic defect is due to an abnormality localized in the ear cartilage. This abnormality can be of two types.
- Missing fold in the cartilage in the area known as the antehelix.
- Exaggerated growth of the shell which is the ear cartilage, or it may have an excessive angle or separation from the head, the effect is that the ear is separated from the face.
Correction of lop ears should take place after the patient is 6 -7 years of age, once growth is completed.
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Tecnical Information: |
There are numerous techniques, but the most frequent consists in making a small incision in the back of the ear, thus this incision is imperceptible.
Through this incision we can reach the ear cartilage to where the antehelix presents the missing curvature, here we place stitches with the intention of folding the cartilage on itself.
If there is a defect in the shell of the ear we will place some stitches that will lead this part of the cartilage towards others.
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