Microtia
When a patient has very small and rudimentary ears, reconstructive surgery with rib cartilage should be performed. Another option is the use of a prosthesis shaped to the same color and shape as the contralateral ear.
Cryptotia
When the patient does have an auricle, but it is deficient to support the upper part of the helix and folds forward forming a cavernous shape. This surgery involves a structural correction. Dr. Martinez published an article on a new technique in Diagnóstico magazine.
Protruding Ear
One of the most common malformations in which the antihelix is not formed and the ear looks opened. Sometimes it may be combined with a different range of curvatures of the shell area. Patients will seek to pull the ear back toward the mastoid so that the lateral projection of the ear may not be too visible.
