Patient born with external ear deformity The patient is a 13-year-old boy from Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh, India. He had been born without external ears. There were only rudimentary structures present at the site of bilateral ears. He had been diagnosed with hemifacial microsomia with bilateral microtia. There was also gross asymmetry of his face....
Read moreBilateral Microtia Recorrection with Costal Cartilage GraftGirl born with deformed right external ear The patient is a now 24-year-old girl from Ranchi in Jharkhand, India who was born with near total absence of her external right ear. She had just a peanut like wedge instead. There was also absence of an external ear canal and eardrum. Her marriage had been fixed...
Read moreMicrotia Second Stage Ear Reconstruction SurgeryMicrotia deformity of the external ears Microtia is a congenital condition in which there in poor development of the ears. Correction involves staged reconstruction of the ear using autogenous costal cartilages. A template is utilized to create the form of the proposed external ear. Three surgeries complete reconstruction of the microtia affected ear. Patient presents...
Read moreBilateral Ear Reconstruction – Microtia – 1st StageExpert correction of microtia done at our hospital Microtia is a congenital malformation of variable severity of the external ear. Correction of this deformity is through reconstruction surgery. Dr SM Balaji is an expert at microtia correction. This staged procedure gives the best results for microtia correction. Stage 2 microtia correction after successful stage 1...
Read moreMicrotia – Ear Lobe Correction – Balaji Dental and Craniofacial Hospital, IndiaPatient with hemifacial microsomia presents for treatment Hemifacial microsomia is a congenital disorder. It affects the development of usually one side and rarely both sides of the face. One child in every 5600 children born worldwide is afflicted by hemifacial microsomia. This condition results from the abnormal development of the first and second pharyngeal arches....
Read moreHemifacial Microsomia and Microtia with absence of condyle corrected with reconstruction of ramus and condyleEar Reconstruction Surgery(Microtia) for a Seychelles boy 9-year-old Nathan Parkash from Seychelles was born with completely absent external portion of his right ear, he only had a very small, rudimentary ear lobule. His left ear was normal. Doctors in his hometown diagnosed that the child’s hearing was normal. As the boy started going to school,...
Read more9 Year old boy from Seychelles gets a new external ear – Ear Reconstruction Surgery
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