IN A path breaking surgery,British doctors from London's Great Ormond street Hospital (GOSH),created a new pair of ears for a London boy,who was born without ears ,form his own ribs and have implanted an aid allowing him to hear for the first time in life.
The nine year old boy Kieran Sorkin was born deaf with small holes around the part of his ears.Around 100 children a year in UK are born without one or both ears This condition is known as macrotia.
This boy was born with bilateral macrotia meant neither of his ears had properly formed.
The whole procedure began with doctors harvesting rib cartilage from both sides of boy's chest which they then carefully carved and shaped into frame works for boy's new ears.
Secondly , they used an outline of his mom's ears as a 'family template' to make them as close as possible to the shape that the boy might otherwise have inherited from either of his parents.
Thirdly ,the team of doctors grafted the ear frameworks on to either side of his head, placing them under pockets of skin that were then sucked down with a vacuum so that the skin conformed to the contours of each new ear.
As soon as the boy woke up his parents help him to take as 'side selfie' picture of one of his new ears to see the results to which the boy responded simply 'wow'.
The whole operation was carried out by GOSH plastic and reconstructive surgeon Dr Neil Bulstrode .It took around six hours to complete the procedure .He is one of only clinicians world wide to carryout double ear reconstructions.
According to Bulstrode , bilateral reconstructions are some times done one at a time.But in this case ,both of the new ears have created at the same time.This ensure the ears are balanced and achieved the best results.
The boy has undergone a separate series of operations to improve his hearing.
This operation brings a significant improvement in quality of life for children with microtia.
KIERON SORKIN WHO GOT THE NEW EARS
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The nine year old boy Kieran Sorkin was born deaf with small holes around the part of his ears.Around 100 children a year in UK are born without one or both ears This condition is known as macrotia.
This boy was born with bilateral macrotia meant neither of his ears had properly formed.
The whole procedure began with doctors harvesting rib cartilage from both sides of boy's chest which they then carefully carved and shaped into frame works for boy's new ears.
Secondly , they used an outline of his mom's ears as a 'family template' to make them as close as possible to the shape that the boy might otherwise have inherited from either of his parents.
Thirdly ,the team of doctors grafted the ear frameworks on to either side of his head, placing them under pockets of skin that were then sucked down with a vacuum so that the skin conformed to the contours of each new ear.
As soon as the boy woke up his parents help him to take as 'side selfie' picture of one of his new ears to see the results to which the boy responded simply 'wow'.
The whole operation was carried out by GOSH plastic and reconstructive surgeon Dr Neil Bulstrode .It took around six hours to complete the procedure .He is one of only clinicians world wide to carryout double ear reconstructions.
According to Bulstrode , bilateral reconstructions are some times done one at a time.But in this case ,both of the new ears have created at the same time.This ensure the ears are balanced and achieved the best results.
The boy has undergone a separate series of operations to improve his hearing.
This operation brings a significant improvement in quality of life for children with microtia.
KIERON SORKIN WHO GOT THE NEW EARS
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