Articles
Our new website, soon to be launched: microtiarepair.com
Dr. Reinisch and myself are very excited to inform our patients that we are currently working on a website on Microtia . We will…
A little introduction about my practice
Dear patients, families and other members of the wonderful atresia/microtia group, I would like to introduce myself. My name is Dr. Youssef Tahiri…
Fat grafting while performing Microtia Surgery
Patients with Microtia can present with other facial deformities including cheek hypoplasia and asymmetry, jaw deformity or hypoplasia, orbital deformity and overall facial asymmetry.…
Long-term results of SUPOR™ Ear Reconstruction – a 20-year follow-up.
Often, patients and families ask us how does the ear look like in the long-term. As you know SUPOR™ ear reconstruction is my procedure…
Salvage ear reconstruction after an infection and exposure
This is a young boy with a history of right Microtia who had an alloplastic ear reconstruction in another institution who presented to my…
A short introduction to Cranioplasty Surgery
A cranial reshaping surgery, also called cranioplasty, is a surgery designed to correct skull / cranium deformities. Those deformities can be congenital, meaning the…
What a SUPOR™ ear reconstruction looks like in the operating table at the end of surgery?
I am often asked the question: what does the SUPOR™ ear reconstruction for Microtia look like? Is it swollen? Does it look like an…
The importance of hearing evaluation and treatment in Microtia
Microtia is accompanied by congenital absence or stenosis of the external auditory canal with variable middle ear anomalies this causes a significant conductive hearing…