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Bilateral Microtia Reconstruction

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Bilateral microtia is sufficiently different from unilateral microtia that it should not be seen as two unilateral microtias in the same patient. The most important difference is the presence of a bilateral conductive hearing loss, which must be treated at a young age with a bone conductive hearing device to provide useable hearing. Early hearing is critically important for a child’s speech and language development. In this chapter we will discuss the various differences between unilateral and bilateral microtia and how these differences affect the surgical approach.

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  1. University Medical Center Utrecht, Department of Pediatric Plastic Surgery, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Claire van Hövell tot Westerflier

  2. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Youssef Tahiri

  3. Keck School of Medicine, University of Souther California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    John F. Reinisch

  4. Craniofacial and Pediatric Plastic Surgery, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    John F. Reinisch

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A 3.5-year-old boy with bilateral microtia and atresia. His reconstructive journey involved only two surgeries, 5 months apart. He underwent successful bilateral combined atresia microtia reconstruction (MOV 2996 kb)

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van Hövell tot Westerflier, C., Tahiri, Y., Reinisch, J.F. (2019). Bilateral Microtia Reconstruction. In: Reinisch, J., Tahiri, Y. (eds) Modern Microtia Reconstruction. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16387-7_11

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