Only a handful of doctors in the U.S. perform a complex reconstruction procedure for children born with a rare condition ...

Olivia Olsen was born with microtia, a rare condition that meant her left ear never fully developed. Olsen was going to need ...

KUTV — Microtia is a congenital condition characterized by the underdevelopment or absence of the external ear (auricle). This condition can affect one or both ears and varies in severity. For ...

The ear reconstruction is part of a clinical trial for patients with microtia, a rare congenital deformity where one or both outer ears are absent or underdeveloped In a "groundbreaking" surgery, ...

For Reis Henderson, having microtia has given her a unique feature to feel confident about, and the third-grader is hoping to ...

A surgeon who specializes in treating rare ear deformities has successfully implanted a 3D-printed ear made of living tissue. The procedure, the first of its kind, was done on a 20-year-old woman from ...

Affecting about 1 to 5 of every 10,000 babies born globally, microtia is a rare disorder encompassing a spectrum of congenital ear malformations or even absence of the auricle, the visible part of the ...

According to the National Birth Defects Prevention Network, one in every 8,000 to 10,000 births in the United States result in one of two congenital malformations of the ear: microtia (the child is ...

Eli Bell, 8, was born with a condition called bilateral microtia, a congenital deformity that left him with no ears and a very limited sense of hearing. After having surgery this summer, Eli was ...