Sensibility of the ear after otoplasty

Abstract

Assessment of cutaneous tactile sensibility may be carried out by some neurosensory tests, based on the knowledge of skin innervation Dellon (Ann Plast Surg 51(1):6–9, 2003). The group A-beta nerve fibers are responsible for conducting touch stimuli including both those from slow- and fast-adaptation sensory receptors. The slow-adaptative fibers conduct pressure perception, constant touch, and texture, and their skin receptors are the Merkel and Ruffini cells. The fast-adaptative fibers provide motion and vibration perception, and their cutaneous receptors are the Meissner and Pacini cells. The authors report the results of their study of the sensibility of the ear preoperatively and postoperatively.