Otoplasty Health Dictionary

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Otoplasty: From 2 Different Sources

Cosmetic or reconstructive surgery on the external ear. This procedure is usually carried out to make protruding ears lie closer to the head. Otoplasty may also be performed to construct a missing ear in a child born with part or all of one ear missing, or to reconstruct a damaged ear.
Health Source: BMA Medical Dictionary
Author: The British Medical Association
(pinnaplasty) n. surgical repair or reconstruction of the ears after injury or in the correction of a congenital defect (such as protruding ears).
Health Source: Oxford | Concise Colour Medical Dictionary
Author: Jonathan Law, Elizabeth Martin

Ears, Pinning Back Of

See otoplasty.... ears, pinning back of

Pinnaplasty

n. see otoplasty.... pinnaplasty

Protruding Ears

(otapostasis) external ears that stick out from the head more than average owing to absence of the antihelical fold of the *pinna. This is a normal variant but can be surgically corrected if desired using an *otoplasty operation. It was previously known as bat ears.... protruding ears

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