Otoplasty: Surgical Procedure To Cure Ear Deformation

Otoplasty is a description of the surgical process that are envies to provide the auricle a more natural and an anatomic appearance to the congenitally prominent ears that are a cosmetic deformity. It can impact on the emotional as well as behavior of the child.

Prominent ears deformity do not impacts on child's image which is less than five to six years and surgery could be done after this age only. Before the surgery process the patients changes their hairstyle to camouflage their ears deformity. After the surgery the patients prefer wearing their hair short or combed back their hairs to feel more comfortable.

Otoplasty is used to indicate the correction of ears that exceeds to 20 mm and make an angle more than 35 degree from the occipital scalp. There are more than one malformed auricular subunits can be managed at the time of Otoplasty technique.

Otoplasty techniques demonstrates the deformity of ear along with the assessment and document lateralization of the auricle. This technique easily documents and demonstrate the asymmetry between the ears in their shape, size and position.

The best way to analyze the deformity of the ears is to take a preoperative photographs in standard frontal along with lateral and oblique positions that can easily used for the demonstration.

Otoplasty gives rise to unexpected and unrealistic contradictions in any patient. Therefore, it is suggested to patients to receive an appropriate preoperative counselling before going for the surgery procedure.

History tells that there may be some disorder rises sometime after the Otoplasty, possibly distorting other than this most of the time the surgery provides an excellent surgical results to the patients and they will be benefited.

Liposuction

Lipoplasty also better known as Fat modeling or Liposuction is a surgical process which envisages the removal of excess flab or fat with the help of suction. The actual process is not simple as care is to be exercised to remove only the excess flab and not to disturb any tissues or worse damage the capillaries or blood vessels in the region. Care is taken to not disturb the fluid balance of the body.

Liposuction or Lipoplasty is performed on the flanks,back,outer thighs,inner thighs, knees, abdomen, hips,upper arms,chin and the cheeks. Lipoplasty is most often practiced on women since the fat in women are sub-cutaneous and outside the body wall. The superfluous nature of fat deposition in women are more convenient for removal by liposuction causing the least discomfort to both the patient and surgeon.

Liposuction is also performed in men but the procedure is more complicated since most fat accumulates on the tummy and is not subcutaneous. Lipoplasty in males are performed for Gynecomastia or development of breasts in men.

Lipoplasty or liposuction can be performed by different methods depending upon the site where the procedure is to be done. The usual methods is Ultrasonic assisted liposuction. The procedure envisages the softening of the fat deposition by ultrasound followed by suction which removes the liquefied fat easily. Other methods includes Tumescent liposuction and Power assisted liposuction.

The risks associated with liposuction are many and can cause serious complication. It includes formation of stretch marks,hyper-pigmentation of the skin, puffiness, formation of loose skin. More serious complication include risk of secondary infections, fluid loss and dehydration,pulmonary embolism, accidental organ damage, excessive bleeding due to ligaturing of blood vessels etc. Other minor side effects commonly encountered include edema, numbness, burning sensation and itching. Most post operative complication can be prevented by following the doctors advice and maintaining a proper diet.