Pictures of earlobe repair
Patient was concerned with her torn ear lobe. Over the years, earrings had slowly divided the lobe until only a small bridge of skin remained.
84 year old female
Operation: Jelly Roll Flap reconstruction earlobe
Surgery location: Hospital Operating Room (due to age and medical concerns)
Anesthesia: Local
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Left Picture: Torn earlobe before earlobe repair Right Picture: Torn earlobe before repair |
There were places for 2 earrings in this earlobe. Only the lower one had torn.
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Picture: Repair of torn earlobe This picture is of the earlobe at the time of the repair. The white region is from adrenaline of the local anesthetic injected to numb the ear during surgery. |
The sculpture requires removing the rounded edges of the defect and the small remaining bridge. Part of the tissues from the edge of the slit were folded into a jelly roll to line the new hole for her earrings. Repair without sculpture would have left a slot in the lobe.
This patient was on Coumadin blood thinner increasing the amount of bruising from what is normally seen.
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Left Picture: 7 days after earlobe repair Right Picture: 19 days after earlobe repair |
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Otoplasty Ear SurgeryEarlobe Repair |
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