Lop ear - knife, tape, or nothing at all?
Klockars, T.
Duodecim; Laaketieteellinen Aikakauskirja 129(4): 359-363
2013
ISSN/ISBN: 0012-7183 PMID: 23484353 Document Number: 664229
More than 200 different surgical techniques of correction of lop ear have been published. The operation is usually recommended to be performed at the age of six years or after. In addition, lop ear surgery involves risks, the most common complications being bleeding, infections, sensory alterations and scarring problems. Surgical preference and decision should always be based on realistic expectations of the patient or the parents, and prior to the decision they should have adequate information about the nature of the procedure and potential complications. Splint therapy of lop ear is possible for infants.