INTRODUCTION: The reconstruction to correct microtias and acquired ear deformities is a defying surgery due to clinical variations and many forms of treatment. Rogers and Tanzer described the clinical classification that is the most utilized in the literature and Firmin described a surgical classification to assist the plastic surgeon in the treatment. OBJECTIVE: Demonstrate that there is no strict indications between the clinical types and types of skin incision and to present the best way to use Firmin's surgical classification. METHODS: 12 patients with congenital (microtias) or acquired (burn sequela) ear deformities were evaluated. The patients were categorized clinically and surgically by the senior author. All patients underwent reconstructive surgery and were followed up for one year. It was also evaluated the complication index. RESULTS: The clinical classification was: 3 patients as small anomaly, 4 as lobular type, 3 as conchal type and 2 patients with total defect / burn sequel. The surgical classification of skin incision was: 3 patients as type II, 2 as type IIIa and 4 as type IIIb. For the framework was: 5 patients type I and 4 patients type III. The complication index was low. CONCLUSION: The Firmin's surgical classification for ear reconstruction demonstrated to be an excellent tool to guide the plastic surgeon in the therapeutic treatment. The Firmin's types of incision utilized in the corrective surgery have a relationship with the size and location of the auricular remanent and are independent of the clinical classification.
Ear; Reconstructive Surgical Procedures; Ear Deformities; Acquired Microtia
