and Helical Rim Deformity, which affects the outer rim of the ear. “Some of these defects are obvious, but some are really subtle,” Khosla said. Some newborns’ ears have simply been squished ...

A full-thickness skin graft was used to repair the resulting donor-site defect. Remaining helical rim, scaphoid, antihelical and posterior cartilage defects were covered with a post-auricular ...