Patient's question:
Boy, 8 years old, a friend's child's auricle seems to be different from other children, and the external auditory canal is narrow. How to treat ear deformities?Doctor's answer:
Deformities of the ear are generally treated with different methods depending on the specific type of deformity. For example, for shell ear, cryptotia, or prominent ear, we can achieve good results with one or two surgical procedures. If the deformity is congenital microtia, where the ear is very small and resembles a small peanut-shaped protrusion from birth, lacking a complete normal auricular helix or even an external auditory canal, we typically use a three-stage sequential treatment approach to address this microtia. This technique has positioned us as a leader in the world.