Ear Surgery
Otoplasty
Ear surgery, or otoplasty, improves the shape, position and proportion of the ear. It can correct a birth defect of the ear structure.
What words should I know about ear surgery?
Antihelical fold
A fold that is just inside the rim of the ear.
Conchal cartilage
The largest and deepest concavity of the external ear.
Constricted ear
Also called a lop or cup ear, has varying degrees of protrusion, reduced ear circumference, folding or flattening of the upper helical rim and lowered ear position.
Cryptotia
Also called hidden ear, occurs when the upper rim of the ear is buried beneath a fold of scalp secondary to abnormal folding of the upper ear cartilage toward the head. The folding is the reverse of that commonly seen in the protruding ear.
Ear axis
The main line of ear growth.
General anesthesia
Drugs and/or gases used during an operation to relieve pain and alter consciousness.
Intravenous sedation
Sedatives administered by injection into a vein to help you relax.
Macrotia
Overly large ears; a rare condition.
Microtia
The most complex congenital ear deformity when the outer ear appears as either a sausage-shaped structure resembling little more than the earlobe, or has more recognizable parts of the concha and tragus or other normal ear features. It may or may not be missing the external auditory or hearing canal. Hearing is impaired to varying degrees.
Otoplasty
A surgical procedure also known as ear surgery to improve the shape, position or proportion of the ear.
Stahl's ear
An ear that is distorted in shape due to an abnormal fold of cartilage.
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Wendy Gottlieb
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Shlomo Widder
U.S. Board Certified Suite 630, 8230 Leesburg PikeVienna, VA 22182-2641
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Timothy Mountcastle
U.S. Board Certified Suite 430, 44095 Pipeline PlazaAshburn, VA 20147
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Fadi Nukta
U.S. Board Certified Suite 100, 20745 Williamsport PlAshburn, VA 20147
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Wendy Gottlieb
U.S. Board Certified Suite 418, 1800 Town Center DriveReston, VA 20190
United States