I invited my Microtia Patient Liaison, Tiffany, to come with me to K and B Surgical Center in Beverly Hills to watch me perform a typical 1st Stage Medpor Ear Reconstruction surgery from start to finish. Tiffany has a Bilateral Microtia Atresia child who has already gone through the ear reconstruction process on both ears. Her perspective as part of my staff, but also as a mother of a Microtia child, is insightful, interesting, and humorous. I never imagined the Temporoparietal Fascia Flap (TPF) would remind someone of a “strawberry fruit roll-up!”
Tiffany has documented the day with photos and commentary in a facebook album A Typical Surgery Day at www.facebook.com/sheryllewinmd