Ear surgery goes back very, very far in time, 600 years before Christ, in India, Sushruta writes about the importance of surgery in his time and describes techniques to repair mutilated ears as punishment for adultery or as a mark in the slaves The otoplasty today, remakes the natural shape of the ears while providing proportion and balance to the face. With an otoplasty we can correct the excessive size of the ear, lack of symmetry, protruding or detached ears, protruding lobes. The surgery is usually performed with local anesthesia and sedation to facilitate the patient’s state of relaxation but can also be performed under general anesthesia in case of combining the intervention with other surgeries or by patient preference. In case of doing the surgery in kids, general anesthesia will be recommended.
