Eightyfive of these 147 patients were operated with combined mustarde and furnas otoplasty procedure and met the eligibility criteria for the study. The authors most commonly use a combi nation of mustarde sutures 6 for shaping of the antihelix and furnas sutures 7 for con chal setback. Otoplasty surgical technique vula university of cape town. Otoplasty, prominent ear, protruded ear, furnas, mustarde. This case is somewhat unique in that the reshaping process was done essentially with mustarde suture technique. Pages in category ear surgery the following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. Otoplasty is the name of the surgical procedure that is carried out to diminish ear projection or to change. Otoplasty techniques, characteristics and risks ncbi. In this work we applied stenstrom, mustarde and furnas techniques to ear deformity correction, in synthetic ear molds made of silicone material.
It is also useful for secondary otoplasty after failed stenstrom or mustarde otoplasty. Correction of the prominent ear, or prominauris, the most common auricular deformity with. This modification allows the surgeon to fold the ear forward, expose the postauricular incision, and place and tighten the permanent sutures under direct vision. Mustarde s technique and the various anterior scoring methods do not deal with the conchal component of the protruded ear, nor do they give a fully satisfactory formation of the antihelix when one. Pinna synthetic mold for otoplasty techniques application brazilian.
Data were tabulated and analyzed in regard to age, sex, method of otoplasty, side involved, and complications. Soon after, mustarde 1963 and furnas 1968 pioneered the use of conchoscaphal and conchomastoid sutures with little to no cartilage. Mustarde sutures are stitches that are placed behind the ear within the cartilage framework in order to create a more defined antihelix. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. In contrast to mustardes technique, thick or stiff auricular cartilage can.
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