[Results of bat ear surgery over a period of ten years]

A material of 286 patients or 545 ears submitted to operation for protruding ears operated by Stenströms and Nordzells surgical procedure over a period of ten years were reviewed retrospectively. One hundred and sixty-three patients were clinically investigated and interviewed. The mean observation time was eight years. Satisfactory results were obtained in 94% of the patients subjectively. Objectively there was a good result in 74% of the cases. Relatively few complications and reoperations occurred. However 20% of the patients interviewed had postoperative pain more than one year after the operation. The results of the operations are reviewed and discussed. There was no significant difference between the results of the surgical procedure a.m. Stenström and a.m. Nordzell.