בשל "הגנת זכויות יוצרים" מובא להלן קישור לתקציר המאמר. לקריאתו בטקסט מלא, אנא פנה/י לספרייה הרפואית הזמינה לך.

Although the literature is replete with surgical techniques described for correction of the prominent ears, new techniques are still needed to minimize the recurrence rates and postoperative complications.

Here, the author presents a new and simple otoplasty procedure, namely, the dermal anchor technique (DAT), in which a wide planar adhesion between the opposing dermal surfaces of the deepithelized antihelical groove is used as a biological anchor for long-term maintenance of the antihelical fold without any cartilage manipulation.

For 12 years, this new procedure was used for correction of 76 prominent ears in 44 patients, with 17 being female and 27 being male.

The ages of the patients ranged from 5 to 37 years. In 28 patients, the DAT was combined with conchal excision and/or concha-mastoid sutures as required, whereas it was used alone in the remaining 16 patients.

The preoperative and postoperative distance between the ear and the head was measured at 4 points (superior helical point, superior conchal attachment, inferior conchal attachment, and lobules).