I am thirty years old this year. Is it too late for surgery?
Hello! You'd better send me a photo of your ear. Although you are old, we have achieved good results. Surgical methods: ear reconstruction usually requires 2 ~ 3 operations. There are two specific methods. One is that if the skin area behind the ear is large, the auricular cartilage scaffold is directly implanted, and each operation takes about 10 days, with an interval of 4-6 months. The other is to implant 50 ~ 80 ml water sac (skin and soft tissue expander) in the mastoid region of residual ear for the first time, and the hospitalization time is about 7 days. After taking out stitches, inject normal saline, inject water once every other day, about 5ml each time, and fill it with 50 ~ 80ml normal saline for about 30 ~ 45 days. After the expansion is completed, rest for 1 month, and then come to the hospital for the second operation. The second operation took out the dilator, cut it from the costal cartilage of the body, carved the ear bracket according to the size of the healthy ear to rebuild the auricle, and the hospitalization time was about 10 days. Some patients can further repair the reconstructed ear 3 ~ 6 months after the second operation, and the hospitalization time is about 7 ~ 10 days. After two or three fine operations, the patient can get realistic ears. Operation cost: The ear reconstruction operation needs to be completed in 2-3 phases, and the key is that the first two phases, 1 phase is 5000 yuan, the second phase 12000 yuan, and the third phase is about 5000 yuan. So the total * * * is about 23,000 yuan, including all expenses incurred in the hospital. Professor Zhang Qingguo, Chief Physician (consultation time: every Monday to Friday at 7:30-9:00 am, location: Qingguo Zhang Office) China Academy of Medical Sciences/Peking Union Medical College Plastic Surgery Hospital Address: No.33 Badachu Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing, E-mail: Plastic135 @126.com Tel:/kloc-0.