Ear Surgery (otoplasty)

Otoplasty or Ear surgery in Mexico,  is a procedure to correct a persons ears by setting the prominent ears back and closer to the patient´s head also know as ear pinning. It is also a surgery to reduce the patient´s ears and make them smaller, very common procedure since having large ears can be inherited. How otoplasty is performed: Anesthetic options depend on the problem to be treated and ability of the patient to cooperate and can include local anesthesia alone, local anesthesia with sedation, and under general anesthesia (which is generally the case for children). Most otoplasty surgery is performed as an outpatient surgery, some require a hospital stay. The procedure can take from an hour and a half to five hours depending on the problem. Incising one side of a flat cartilage piece leaves unopposed elastic forces on the other side and permits the shape to evolve over time. Thus, incising one side of the lop-ear cartilage along the new anti-helical fold may be one element of the surgery. This can be done through a small incision, or without an incision: an “Incisionless Otoplasty,” where a needle is placed through the skin to both 1) model the cartilage, and 2) to place the retention sutures to hold the antihelix and conchal bowl areas. For many ear operations, one or more incisions give access to the structures to be sculpted. The main, and often only incision, is behind the ear. Other possible incisions depend on what needs to be done. Through the incision behind the ear, the concha bowl can be moved closer to the head, a small tunnel created along the front of a poorly folded antihelix to weaken this cartilage, sutures placed to reshape the anti-helix fold, and to balance the ear lobe with the rest of the ear. Ear reduction otoplasty may involve reducing one or more components of the ear. Incisions are typically hidden near folds in the front when a part of this surgery.