Tag: Thermoplastic

With ‘paper clip technique,’ some infant ear deformities can be corrected without surgery

sarah JonasResearch Results

Certain types of ear malformations in infants can be treated by a simple and inexpensive technique – using paper clips to build custom splints to mold the shape of the growing ear, reports a study in The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. The journal, under the guidance of Editor-in-Chief Mutaz B. Habal, MD, is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.