Aesthetic plastic surgery
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Aesthetic plastic surgery · Apr 2010
Laser-assisted cartilage reshaping (LACR) for treating ear protrusions: a clinical study in 24 patients.
Protruding ears are the most common congenital ear deformity, with a frequency of 13.5%. Since 1845 and the first works of Dieffenbach, over 170 classical surgical methods have been proposed to correct it. We introduced laser-assisted cartilage reshaping (LACR) in 2004 as an alternative to invasive surgical otoplasty. ⋯ LACR, performed without any anesthesia, is a safe and less morbid approach to surgical otoplasty.