Prevalence of microtia and anotia at the Maternity of the University of Chile Clinical Hospital Prevalencia de nacimiento de microtia-anotia. Maternidad del Hospital Clínico de la Universidad de Chile, período 1983-2005 [PDF]
Background: Microtia is a congenital defect characterized by disturbances in the size and form of the ear lobe. Anotia corresponds to the absence of the ear lobe.
Lucía Cifuentes, O. +2 more
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Prosthetic Reconstruction for a Child with a Congenital Bilateral Ear Deformity: Case Report
Objectives: Microtia is the most commonly seen congenital ear defect, and involves an auricular deformity either unilaterally or bilaterally. The aim of this study was to fabricate silicone prostheses for a child with bilateral microtia using an ...
Mohammad Ali Mardani +7 more
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[Clinical analysis of congenital microtia complicated with retroauricular subperiosteal abscess in 7 cases]. [PDF]
Ding Z, Chen J, Wang Y.
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HOXA2 haploinsufficiency in dominant bilateral microtia and hearing loss.
Microtia is a rare, congenital malformation of the external ear that in some cases has a genetic etiology. We ascertained a three-generation family with bilateral microtia and hearing loss segregating as an autosomal dominant trait.
McDonough, Barbara +11 more
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3D Oriented Prosthetic Rehabilitation of Bilaterally Congenital Missing Ears: A Case Report [PDF]
Objectives: Every individual possesses the inherent right to appear human. Physical imperfections, especially those affecting the orofacial region, can have a detrimental impact on one’s quality of life in today’s image-conscious society.
Manu Rathee +4 more
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Congenital microtia patients: the genetically engineered exosomes released from porous gelatin methacryloyl hydrogel for downstream small RNA profiling, functional modulation of microtia chondrocytes and tissue-engineered ear cartilage regeneration. [PDF]
Chen J +5 more
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Identification of a novel FGF3 variant and a new phenotype in three LAMM syndrome families
Over 700 syndromes associated with hearing loss (HL) have been identified. Labyrinthine aplasia, microtia, and microdontia (LAMM syndrome, OMIM: 610706) is a rare HL syndrome characterized by congenital sensorineural HL, labyrinthine aplasia, type I ...
Qiang Du +16 more
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Microtia is a congenital auricular malformation that typically requires reconstructive surgery to restore both form and function. Autologous costal cartilage transplantation remains the clinical standard, yet its invasiveness and donor-site morbidity ...
Yu Guo +6 more
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Study on Esthetic Appearance of Reconstructed Pinna in Microtia [PDF]
INTRODUCTION: Microtia is a cogenital malformation characterized by total or partial absence of the whole auricle or any of its components, varying from a small auricle to total absence (Anotia).
Gopalan, G
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Three-dimensional scanning technique in the congenital microtia reconstruction with tissue expander. [PDF]
Xu SQ +6 more
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