The results of a 20-item Web-based questionnaire, which was sent to 6103 ASPS members in late 2010, quantified a long-held bias in favor of autogenous ear reconstruction methods for microtia ...

If microtia appears in only one ear, the diagnosis is called unilateral microtia, while in both ears, it's known as bilateral microtia. Generally affecting boys, microtia can run in families but can ...

Microtia is a congenital deformity that leads to small, improperly formed or completely absent outer ears and can impact hearing. A rare condition, it affects anywhere between 1 in 2,000 and 1 in ...

Using a combination of 3-D printing and cultured cells, scientists in China grew new ears for five children born with a defect called microtia.

3DBio and the Microtia-Congenital Ear Deformity Institute conduct human ear reconstruction using investigational 3D-bioprinted living tissue implant.

He also said that for those who have microtia, getting such a surgery can drastically help with their self-esteem. While it is not believed to impact hearing, it does offer an aesthetic relief.

Microtia affects approximately 1,500 babies born in the US per year. The woman's new ear was printed in a shape that precisely matched her left ear, according to 3DBio Therapeutics.

A literature review identified 37 twin pairs with microtia in whom other auricular malformations were rarely reported. 2–5 When the results of this study are combined with those of our study of ...

Microtia is an outer ear abnormality that’s present at birth. It can range from a small, barely noticeable abnormality to a large structural change in the outer ear. Some babies with microtia are born ...