Retrospective study of the long-term results of otoplasty using a modified Mustardé (cartilage-sparing) technique.
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Bibliographic record
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine the long-term results and the complication rates of a cartilage-sparing otoplasty technique. PATIENTS AND METHODS: In our study, patients who had undergone otoplasty from 1990 to 2002 inclusively were evaluated retrospectively. The study consisted of a chart review and a telephone survey. The minimum follow-up for patients was 5 years. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The main outcome measures were long-term satisfaction rates, early complications, late complications, and rate of revisional procedures. A detailed description of the surgical technique is included. RESULTS: The overall long-term satisfaction rate was 95.7%. Early complications (< 1 month) included one case of bleeding (1.0%) and five cases of asymmetry (4.9%) between both ears, two of which required reoperations. One case of early unilateral recurrence was noted owing to trauma inflicted by another child (1.0%) and necessitated a revisional procedure. Late complications (> 1 month) included five cases (4.8%) of suture granulomas/extrusions, three (2.9%) keloids, and one case of hypertrophic scarring (1.0%). Seven cases of partial recurrence of the deformity (10.3%) were noted, six of which were unilateral and one of which was bilateral, none requiring reoperation. There was only one case of overcorrection of the deformity (1.4%). Three cases within the sample of 104 patients underwent reoperation, yielding a 2.9% rate of revision procedures. CONCLUSIONS: On long-term follow-up, the otoplasty technique used in our institution yields a high satisfaction rate and a low complication rate.
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Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.
Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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