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Otoplastic Surgery for the Protruding Ear

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Prominent or protruding ears are a common congenital anomaly. Congenital in nature, they are source of ridicule in school-aged children by their peers. Surgical correction of protruding ears can be predictably treated for children prior to entering grade school, avoiding the “bullying” and associated emotional trauma.

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  1. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Greensboro, NC, USA

    Todd G. Owsley

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  1. College of Dentistry, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA

    Michael Miloro

  2. Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Science, Shreveport, LA, USA

    G. E. Ghali

  3. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

    Peter E. Larsen

  4. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry and Medicine, Birmingham, AL, USA

    Peter Waite

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Owsley, T.G. (2022). Otoplastic Surgery for the Protruding Ear. In: Miloro, M., Ghali, G.E., Larsen, P.E., Waite, P. (eds) Peterson’s Principles of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91920-7_76

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