Objectives: The objective of this study is to evaluate donor-site morbidity after costal cartilage harvest for microtia reconstruction. Methods: A total of 70 patients who underwent autologous costal cartilage harvest...
Apart from listening to the cry of a healthy newborn,it is the declaration by the attending paediatrician in the labour room that the child is normal which brings utmost joy to parents.The global incidence of children...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81171731);the Project of Chengdu Science and Technology Bureau(Nos.2021-YF05-01619-SN and 2021-RC05-00022-CG);the Science and Technology Project of Tibet Autonomous Region(Nos.XZ202202YD0013C and XZ201901-GB-08);the Sichuan Science and Technology Program(No.2022YFG0066);the 1·3·5 Project for Disciplines of Excellence,West China Hospital,Sichuan University(Nos.ZYJC21026,ZYGD21001 and ZYJC21077).
At present,the clinical reconstruction of the auricle usually adopts the strategy of taking autologous costal cartilage.This method has great trauma to patients,poor plasticity and inaccurate shaping.Three-dimensional...
We describe a female Nigerian infant of otherwise healthy parents with no prior history of congenital anomalies who was born with left-sided cleft lip and palate, left anophthalmia, malformed left auricle, an atrial s...
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(no.81974291);the Clinical Research Program of Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital,Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine(JYLJ201914).
Significant improvements have been achieved in microtia reconstruction using an autogenous costal cartilage framework.However,complications such as skin necrosis and cartilage exposure often destroy the final contour ...
This research work was supported by SECTEI under the project SECTEI-/183/2019(10160c19)
The life quality of patients with craniofacial malformations is severely affected by the physical disabilities caused by the malformation itself,but also by being subjected to bullying,which leads to a series of relev...
Introduction: The oculo-auriculo-vertebral syndrome is a complex disease of the head and neck. Aim: The purpose of this study was to look for facial asymmetry, measuring both sides of the mandible and external ear in ...
Ethical approval was given by the medical ethics committee of Kowloon Central/Kowloon Eas(KCKE SOP 001F6a).
Objective To establish the local data on the growth of ear in Hong Kong children and provide a reference for the timing of reconstruction in unilateral microtia.Methods We reviewed case notes of paediatric patients up...
Objective To investigate the application effect and manufacturing skills of autologous costal cartilage scaffold in ear reconstruction for microtia.Methods From January 2016 to January 2019,41 patients with microtia r...
Managing microtia patients is always a challenge. Multidisciplinary approach, good family support, well established doctorepatient rela-tionship and well organised patient-support groups are the essential elements for...