Management of the prominent ear
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This article incorporates the opinions and preferred surgical options in managing patients of 3 prominent facial plastic surgeons who have large otoplasty practices. Six different questions covering the management of prominent ears are answered by the 3 practitioners. Nonsurgical options for the treatment of prominent ears are discussed. The role of cartilage-cutting and cartilage-sparing techniques as well as individual preferred otoplasty techniques are thoroughly covered. Postoperative management of these patients is presented by the individual surgeons.
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- Authors
- Gantous, A., Tasman, A.-J., & Neves, J. C.
- Affiliations
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Kantonsspital St. Gallen (CH)
- Corresponding author
- Gantous, Andres
- Venue
- Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2018-05
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 181-192
- ISSN
- 1064-7406 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2796466951
- Cited by
- 20
- References
- 29
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2024: 6 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 6 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 2.09
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Nasal Surgery and Airway Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Genetics › Congenital Ear and Nasal Anomalies
- Keywords
- prominent ears, otoplasty, conservative treatment, postoperative care, surgeon consensus
- MeSH terms
- Ear Cartilage, Ear, External, Humans, Plastic Surgery Procedures
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