Three soft ribs reengineering ears have blood flow

This morning, suffering from congenital malformations small ears every day for a 13-year-old boy (alias) in ninth's Hospital plastic surgery, with three own soft ribs stoma. In the future, he will say goodbye to the "little ears", but also can improve listening. "Artificial ear and real-ear and about 70% to 80% alike, and there is blood flow, pressure, can do!" market expert Zhang as Raymond very confident.

Artificial ear so also have blood flow

This morning, journalist at the ninth's Hospital plastic surgery-room to see every day. Set off on the right side of the hair from the corner of every day, reporters found his face right about only the normal 1/4 of the auricle and earlobe. Every day, dad said: "in order to hide the malformation of ear, had to give their children long hair!"

9 a.m., operation started. Reporters found that surgery is divided into two groups: one group at the same time every day from removing the abdomen between the three soft ribs, followed by "carving" and "mosaic" soft ribs, creating artificial ear brackets; another group remove residue in the right small ear cartilage of the residue on the small ear skin peel off.

Ripped skins require subcutaneous thin to leaving only a thin layer of vascular, even 1 mm is not to guarantee not to destroy skin vessels. After the soft ribs "engraving" artificial ear brackets "buried in it, and the original 1/4 residual ear" seamless welding ", so blood flow. It is estimated that about surgery lasted four and half hours.

Three months after the "vertical ear"

Traditional artificial ear no effect, often because of skin elasticity, the passage of time, artificial ear and "shrink" back to ear "vertical". After a technical update of artificial ear, in the early surgery will also prepare a soft ribs, "buried" into the ear of the scalp, wait until the next time the surgery, directly supporting back ears, long-lasting erection, like real ear.

Mr. Raymond is expected, as the right ear reconstruction, some remodeling 3 to 6 months, and then accept the vertical ear "surgery". By then, the artificial ears will lifelike, contour.

Make an ear to make

Raymond Cheung as told reporters: "3-year-old children auricle in physically have reached 85 per cent of people; 6-year-old has basic development to adult size. Therefore, aged 6 to 14 years of age is the best surgery. Especially younger surgery helps to reduce psychological stress, injury to children. At the same time for technology, the weak point of toughness, the elasticity of the skin, in childhood are more appropriate for adults. ”

This reporter has learned that the individual child early surgery because the confidence boost, learning achievement and even all of a sudden increase of more than 20.