Prominent ear deformity is a common congenital deformity of the external ear affecting 5% of the general population. Although this is a harmless deformity, several publications demonstrate the psychological distress, emotional trauma, and behavioral problems that this deformity can inflict on children.

As a result of these concerns, corrective prominent ear surgery is now widely performed as a prophylactic surgery.

A laterally based perichondrioadipodermal flap and a medially based adipoperichondrial flap were elevated.

A subdermal pocket was prepared over mastoid bone.

Medially based adipoperichondrial flap was fixed to the posterior helical skin; laterally based perichondrioadipodermal flap was fixed to the mastoid bone periosteum.

The helix-mastoid distances and concha-mastoid angles of the patients were measured preoperatively and at the sixth month of the surgery as the late postoperative assessment.

Patients were also evaluated for suture extrusion, granuloma formation, deformity recurrence, and postauricular area sensitivity.