Modern surgical methods
The thread method is probably one of the most popular methods for placing protruding ears. It is considered a gentle alternative to the traditional surgical methods for creating protruding ears. In children who have clearly protruding ears, it is recommended to consider surgical correction before the age of five.
With the suture method for the creation of protruding ears, any characteristic of this feature can be effectively corrected. Neither the thickness nor the hardness of the ear cartilage has any real influence on the later treatment result. In addition, the suture method for placing protruding ears can be applied to any ear size.
The actual application of the ears is done with the suture method using non-dissolvable (non-absorbable), tear-proof sutures, which are placed with needle stitches directly under the skin surface. With the help of these threads, the protruding ear, or the fold of the auricle, can be bent more strongly in its natural shape. The protruding ear thus almost automatically comes into the correct position.
The suture technique offers the advantage that no long surgical incisions are required to place the ears. For this reason, the procedure is less painful for the patient. In addition, the thread technique for placing protruding ears is much less risky.
Patients are less prone to infections and wound healing disorders.In addition, other malpositions of the ear can also be effectively corrected with the help of this procedure. For example, in people who have an excessively large ear canal entrance funnel (cavum conchae), this can be corrected by shifting the fold of the auricle towards the ear canal entrance. A further advantage of the suture technique to counteract protruding ears is the fact that without surgical incisions there is no risk of unsightly scars.
With the help of the thread technique, beautiful, natural looking auricles can be formed. Protruding ears, which have been corrected with the help of the thread technique, can no longer be noticed after a while that they have been operated on. But even this new procedure for creating protruding ears can lead to complications.
In particular, allergic reactions to the suture material used are among the most dreaded risks. In affected patients, the increased immune reaction usually leads to rejection of the processed sutures. Rejected sutures must be removed without fail.
Only in this way can the development of an infection be prevented. The application of protruding ears by using the suture technique is usually performed on an outpatient basis, i.e. without hospitalization. In children who have not yet reached the age of ten years, the procedure should be performed under general anesthesia.
In adolescents and adults, the ears can easily be fitted using the suture technique under local anesthesia. After the procedure, when using the suture technique, in contrast to the known traditional procedures, no head bandage has to be worn. Persons who have their ears fitted in this way are usually socially acceptable again the very next day.
