How is slight microtia treated?

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There is a strange thing when a child with a sister is born. I have congenital microtia. I remember turning around. Some friends can't find a girlfriend because of microtia. As a nurse in a plastic surgery hospital, I want to say that these are not big problems. Now let me share with you.

How is slight microtia treated?

First: microtia, which is born with small or no ears. Some of them look as big as normal ears, but their structures are different.

Second: to supine side head position, both sides of the auricle exposed at the same time, so that the doctor in the operation to observe the symmetry of both ears. After incising the skin of the posterior margin of the external ear contour, the auricle cartilage scaffold was implanted between the two fascial flaps to form the cranioauricular angle, and then bandaged after shaping.

Third: the hair around the ear should be removed before the operation, so as to facilitate the operation and reduce the risk of operation. And we should do a good job in disinfection.

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At present, the main treatment of microtia is surgery. The most common method is to carve the costal cartilage into the shape of the ear and bury it under the skin.