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CDR Victor I. Rosenberg, MC; Saul Hoffman, MD

Arch Otolaryngol. 1970;92(2):154-159.

Abstract
A suture technique for corrective otoplasty that is a combination of the tubing technique, as described by Converse and Becker, and the mattress suture technique, as described by Mustarde has resulted in a satisfactory method for correction of most protruding ears. This procedure permits flexibility so that one is able to cope with the various deformities encountered. The ear is set at a proper distance from the head with a satisfactory postauricular sulcus, not relying on the skin closure. A natural-looking, smoothly rounded, antihelical curvature is created, as well as proper positioning of the lobule and upper pole of the helix.

Author Affiliations
USNR, St. Albans, NY; New York

From the Plastic Surgery Service, Naval Hospital, St. Albans, NY (CDR Rosenberg), and Mount Sinai Hospital, New York (Dr. Hoffman).

Footnotes
Accepted for publication March 30, 1970.

Read before the annual meeting of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Atlanta, Feb 8, 1970.

The opinions contained herein are the private ones of the writers and are not to be construed as official or reflecting the views of the Navy Department or the Naval Service at large.

Reprint requests to Chief, Research Unit, Naval Hospital, St. Albans, NY 11425.

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