Long-term survey of prominent ear surgery: a comparison of two methods

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A retrospective study was undertaken of 191 patients under the age of 16, who underwent surgery during the period 1974 to 1978. Using questionnaires, acceptance of the 2 most used methods, the Mustarde´technique (45 cases) and the anterior scoring (101 cases), was assessed and the case sheets of the involved patients were collected. Though there was no difference in the final acceptance of both methods, a significantly larger number of cases treated with the Mustarde´technique needed re-operation. The use of non-absorbable material (white skilk) was the cause of stitch complications in this method.

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