Abano ears
The ear consists of 3
layers of tissue: skin,
cartilage and muscle.
The overlying skin is
thin and has a
cartilaginous structure
at the base of the skull
bone in his upper back
and clamped by the
atrial muscles, which
give a very subtle
movement as ears.
The ears open, also
known as Abano, are
congenital, meaning that
the person is born with
this defect and is
characterized by an
abnormality in their
shape. It is perceptible
from birth and is
accented at 5 years of
age, when the ear with
his desenvolmiento
maximum age from that
surgery is well
signposted.
We have 3 types of
alterations in the ears:
- Lack of bending of the
cartilage.
- Lack of adherence of
cartilage to bone.
- Association of the
two.
History
The Vatican Museum is a
statue of Caesar
Augustus, emperor of the
Roman Empire. You may
notice that your left
ear is wide open, a
feature that marked the
Caesar dynasty.
The first surgeon to
describe corrective ear
surgery was Dieffenbach
in 1845. Mustard,
Comverse, Skoog and
Juarez are big names in
the ear surgery.
Recent work proposed to
modeling open ear at
birth. This modeling is
done with cotton and
tape. The improvement of
the curves is to achieve
the normalization of the
opening of the ear.
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Figure 1.
Feature ears
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Anesthesia
In children it is
preferable to general
anesthesia supplemented
with local anesthesia.
In young people and
adults is practicable
under local anesthesia
and sedation.
Surgery
- There are several
techniques for the same
purpose.
- Make open the bending
of the cartilage
- Align the base of the
skull bone cartilage
- Remove excess skin.
Postoperative
The patient leaves the
operating room with a
head wrapped healing.
It's a slightly
compressive fajamiento.
This healing must be
maintained for 5 days
and will be replaced by
another.
The ears will be swollen
and reddish, it is
normal that they are
enlarged. At night, the
patient should use
semicompresivo headband
to prevent accidental
opening of the ears, for
3 months.
The ears are completely
deflated from the first
3 months, the end result
will be obtained in 1
year.
