A Simple Working Classification for Effective Surgical Management of Prominent Ears

Prominent ear or prominauris is the most common congenital deformity of the ear. Children may get bullied in school because of this, and patients usually seek treatment for prominent ears because of psychosocial concerns even though functionally there are no issues. Numerous surgical procedures are described for correction of prominauris but there is no single procedure that gives consistent and satisfying outcomes. There are different classifications proposed but there is no simple classification described that would guide surgeons to better identify the deformity and to make a decision on specific surgical steps to be followed accordingly to give satisfactory and consistent results. We propose a classification to grade prominauris into three grades which will help in the decision-making in the surgical steps required for its correction.