Tissue expansion is a common technique used in reconstructive surgery. Surgeons slowly stretch nearby skin to grow extra tissue that can be used to rebuild areas such as the ear, breast, or nose. The ...

A multidisciplinary medical team at Bistrita County Emergency Clinical Hospital has successfully performed an exceptionally rare and complex surgical procedure to reconstruct the ear of a patient born ...

26-May-2026 at 7:35 PM EDT, by Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago contact patient services Newswise — Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago is the first in the world ...

Microsurgery just achieved what seemed impossible: Chinese surgeon Qiu Shenqiang successfully grafted a human ear onto a patient's foot as a life-saving reconstructive measure. The procedure, ...

Thanks to two novel tools, the traditionally difficult surgery to create a replacement ear from a patient's rib cartilage may soon be done faster, more simply and accurately. According to the National ...

On Friday, 29 August, a groundbreaking surgery is set to be carried out at the Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital in Johannesburg, involving the reconstruction of an ear using the Su-por technique — ...

Minutes before a 10-hour surgical procedure, 8-year-old Olivia Olson sat on a hospital bed grinning.

According to the National Birth Defects Prevention Network, one in every 8,000 to 10,000 births in the United States result in one of two congenital malformations of the ear: microtia (the child is ...

There are two things known to be true about body modifications: pain and permanence. They're part of what makes piercings and tattoos so exciting — and yet, the more you look into it, the less painful ...

Any hospital equipped with a plastic surgery department would be doing surgery for microtia which needs an auricualr reconstruction. This is usually done after the child is 8 - 9 yrs of age as the ...

Surgeons at Mass Eye and Ear in Boston have found a creative way to make their skin cancer patients look good as new. Our noses typically see the most sun exposure, making them prone to skin cancer.

According to the National Birth Defects Prevention Network, one in every 8,000 to 10,000 births in the United States result in one of two congenital malformations of the ear: microtia (the child is ...