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. 2017 Dec;55(4):172-176.
doi: 10.5152/tao.2017.2675. Epub 2017 Dec 1.

Auricular Lobuloplasty

Ahmet Altıntaş  1 , Mustafa Çelik  2 , Yakup Yeğin  2 , Gürkan Kayabaşoğlu  3
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Auricular Lobuloplasty

Ahmet Altıntaş et al. Turk Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2017 Dec.

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate surgical outcomes of auricular lobuloplasy.

Methods: In total, 13 patients (10 females and 3 males; average age, 32.3±8.48 years; range 21-44 years) who underwent auricular lobuloplasty were included in this study. Demographic characteristics, cause of surgery, presence of complications, and patient satisfaction were evaluated.

Results: The mean follow-up was 16.5±9.6 months with the shortest and the longest follow-up being 6 and 34 months, respectively. Surgeries were performed under local anesthesia in 10 cases (76.9%) and under general anesthesia in three cases (23.1%). Lobuloplasty were performed in eight cases (61.5%) with a diagnosis of partial lobule cleft, four cases (30.7%) with a diagnosis of elongated lobule, and one case (7.8%) with a diagnosis of congenital earlobe cleft. There were no postoperative complications and revision surgery was not necessary for any of the patients.

Conclusion: Multiple surgical techniques exist for repairing earlobe deformities. Auricular lobuloplasty is a surgical procedure that has several advantages including safety, ease of use, and effectiveness.

Keywords: Elongated auricular lobule; auricular lobuloplasty; earlobe cleft.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest: No conflict of interest was declared by the authors.

Figures

Figure 1. a–d
Figure 1. a–d
Preoperative (a, c) and postoperative first month (b, d) images of the patients who underwent auricular lobuloplasty
Figure 2. a–d
Figure 2. a–d
Surgical stages of a patient who underwent lobuloplasty for elongated auricular lobule
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