Some people say that your ears are even more unique to you than your finger prints. But, the issue has actually been hotly debated in the scientific community for years.
In this video, Rod J. Rohrich, MD, Editor-in-Chief of "Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery" discusses a new study that innovatively uses 3D modeling to finally determine the uniqueness of each person’s ears.
Read the February 2018 PRS #PlasticSurgery Article, "Anatomical Uniqueness of Ear Morphology: A Novel Metrical Approach through Three-Dimensional Superimposition" by Gibelli, Pucciarelli, Ferrario et al.
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Keywords: facial anatomy; ear; individuality; stereophotogrammetry; plastic surgery; #PRSHotTopic; seroma; ultrasonography; transducers; drainage; lymph nodes; foreign bodies; tendons; surgeons; photogrammetry; face