| The quality of hospital service delivery during microtia | | | | Grade III: Absence of the external ear with a small |
| treatment in India and the qualification of doctors is a | | | | peanut vestige structure and an absence of the |
| prime consideration while choosing the destination for | | | | external ear canal and eardrum |
| your elective procedure. In India, you get the best of | | | | Grade IV: Absence of the total ear or anotia. |
| both these things. Indian doctors are highly qualified and | | | | Treatment |
| the Indian medical education system ensures that even | | | | Grade III is most common, and can be corrected by |
| a fresh graduate doctor would have a very clear and | | | | surgery. Typically, testing is first done to determine if |
| substantial understanding of the subject. In addition to | | | | the inner ear is intact and hearing is normal. If hearing is |
| this, is the general nature of Indians - caring, | | | | normal, the next step (if a canal is not visible externally) |
| soft-spoken and attentive? In the USA, 1 out of 20 | | | | will be to determine if a canal exists, by CT scan. For |
| practicing doctors are Indians or Americans of Indian | | | | younger patients, this is done under sedation. Age |
| origin. Today Indian doctors are found in almost all | | | | when outer ear surgery can be attempted depends |
| parts of the world and they are contributing greatly to | | | | on the technique chosen. The However the vast |
| the microtia treatment in India. Indian doctors have | | | | majority of surgeons, including the world experts in ear |
| found a home in the medical marketplace, where they | | | | reconstruction recommend waiting until a later age, |
| are a mainstay in primary patient care in urban and | | | | such as 8-10 when the ear is full adult size. |
| rural areas. Statistics say, Indians make up roughly 20 | | | | There are plentiful advantages of traveling to India for |
| percent of the "International Medical Graduates" - or | | | | microtia treatment & some of them are: |
| foreign-trained doctors - operating in the U.S. | | | | » India has internationally accredited medical facilities |
| Microtia (meaning 'Small ear') is a congenital deformity | | | | using the latest technologies. |
| of the pinna (outer ear). It can be unilateral (one side | | | | » Highly qualified Physicians/Surgeons and hospital |
| only) or bilateral (affecting both sides). It occurs in 1 out | | | | support staff. |
| of about 8,000-10,000 births. In unilateral microtia, the | | | | » Significant cost savings compared to domestic |
| right ear is most typically affected. | | | | private healthcare. Medical treatment costs in India are |
| Grades | | | | lower by at least 60-80% when compared to similar |
| There are four grades of microtia | | | | procedures in North America and the UK. |
| Grade I: A slightly small ear with identifiable structures | | | | » No Wait Lists |
| and a small but present external ear canal | | | | » Fluent English speaking staff |
| Grade II: A partial or hemi-ear with a closed off or | | | | » Options for private room, translator, private chef, |
| stenotic external ear canal producing a conductive | | | | dedicated staff during your stay and many other |
| hearing loss | | | | tailor-made services. |