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A Pretoria boy has been given a new ear through reconstructive surgery. Zaylen Huysamen was born with microtia, a deformity of the outer ear where the ear does not fully develop. This usually occurs during the first trimester of pregnancy.
His mother Marizaan Boshoff said that he would come home crying because kids at school would tell him ‘God took your ear because you were naughty’. When they finally found a doctor who specialised in reconstructive surgery and was willing to do the procedure, their medical aid refused to pay, as the boy had a working ear and it was classified as cosmetic surgery.
The process of microtia reconstruction using a tissue expander is performed in three stages. The first involves the implantation of a tissue expander, the second stage framework fabrication, using autologous costal cartilage and implantation in the pocket and the third stage involves tragus and concha reconstruction.Boshoff explained the operation was done with the reconstruction of the rib cartilage, which is often used for children with ear conditions present at birth.
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