Books and Articles

Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America
Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery of Congenital Ear Deformities

Edited by Scott Stephan, M.D., FCPS
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
February 2018

3D Customization for Microtia Repair in Hemifacial Microsomia
Laryngoscope, 21 September 2021

A “Pendulum Swing” in pHDPE Implantation for Microtia and Atresia: Today’s pHDPE implants open doors to earlier reconstruction, 3D customization and other advances
VUMC Discover, 22 January 2019

Ear Community at the FDA
VUMC Reporter, 22 March 2018

New clinic focuses on patients with rare ear malformations
VUMC Reporter, 8 June 2017

3D Customization for Microtia Repair in Hemifacial Microsomia The Laryngoscope, 20 September 2021

Scott Stephan, John Reinisch. Auricular Reconstruction Using Porous Polyethylene Implant Technique. Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America, 2018-02-01, Volume 26, Issue 1, Pages 69-85. PMID: 29153190 (PDF).

Alloplast-based ear reconstruction has become more popular over the years because it offers many advantages compared with the traditional staged autologous costal cartilage approach. This article describes the authors’ technique.

Scott Stephan. Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery of Congenital Ear Deformities. Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America, 2018-02-01, Volume 26, Issue 1, Pages ix-x. PMID: 29153194 (PDF).

Maria A. Artunduaga, […] Roland Eavey, et al. A classic twin study of external ear malformations, including microtia. New England Journal of Medicine. 2009 Sep 17;361(12):1216-8. PMID: 19759387.

“In summary, twin studies indicate that there is a strong genetic contribution to malformations of the external ear.”