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Aesthetic earlobe reduction: a practical geometric modification with natural contour preservation

dc.contributor.departmentSchool of Medicine
dc.contributor.kuauthorSezgin, Billur
dc.contributor.kuauthorTatar, Sedat
dc.contributor.schoolcollegeinstituteSCHOOL OF MEDICINE
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-09T11:38:10Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractEarlobe elongation is one of the signs of aging process and surgical correction is warranted for earlobe ptosis. Most of the earlobe reduction techniques result with scars on the anterior or inferior aspect of the earlobe or unnatural appearance. The authors present a modified technique for earlobe reduction and reshaping that results with an acceptable scar set on the natural groove of the anterior surface of the earlobe. Nine healthy female patients were operated for earlobe reduction. The postoperative and preoperative otobasion inferius (O)-subaurale (S) distances of these patients were evaluated. According to the measurements, the preoperative mean O-S distance of the right lobule was 13.1 +/- 1.8mm and the left lobule was 12.8 +/- 1.9mm, while the postoperative O-S distance of the right side was 3.4 +/- 1mm and the left side was 3.4 +/- 0.7mm ( Table 2 ). This translated to an approximate pre- and postoperative O-S distance difference of 9mm, a significant reduction that resulted with ideal O-S values. The presented approach has numerous advantages including inconspicuous scarring, smooth lateral earlobe contours, and undisturbed free borders. This was a Level IV therapeutic study.
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dc.description.issue3
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dc.description.publisherscopeInternational
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dc.description.versionPublisher version
dc.description.volume35
dc.identifier.doi10.1055/s-0039-1688704
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dc.identifier.filenameinventorynoIR01795
dc.identifier.issn0736-6825
dc.identifier.quartileQ4
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14288/113
dc.identifier.wos474863100013
dc.keywordsEarlobe
dc.keywordsEarlobe reduction
dc.keywordsEarlobe ptosis
dc.keywordsEarlobe reshaping
dc.keywordsEarlobe surgery
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherThieme Medical Publishers
dc.relation.grantnoNA
dc.relation.ispartofFacial Plastic Surgery
dc.relation.urihttp://cdm21054.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/IR/id/8418
dc.subjectSurgery
dc.titleAesthetic earlobe reduction: a practical geometric modification with natural contour preservation
dc.typeJournal Article
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