Ear Reconstruction

Neil Bulstrode performs all the ear reconstruction surgery performed at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children. Microtia is a congenital deformity that literally means "Little Ear" and occurs in around 1 in 8000 births for caucasian patients. This can also be part of a spectrum of deformities that include hemifacial microsomia where other parts of the face do not grow. He works in a large mult-disciplinary team to deliver the highest standard of coordinated care possible.

New ears are built by taking the patients rib cartilage which is carved in to a framwork and placed in a pocket underthe skin which is vacumed down so that it confirms to the contours of the framework.

At the 5th International Congress on Auricular Reconstruction in March 2012 Sydney Neil Bulstrode presented 6 talks on refinements to all aspects of Ear Reconstruction. 

News Articles regarding cases of ear reconstruction performed by Neil Bulstrode

Ear Reconstruction 1

Ear Reconstruction 2

 

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Further Details Regarding Surgery

 

Patient 1	Left Ear Reconstruction using a carved rib framework
Patient 2	Bilateral ear reconstruction

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