Last Updated on March 12, 2024
Plastic Surgery Via Your Health Fund
Certain plastic surgical procedures can be performed through your Health Fund and may involve a copay. If deemed medically necessary, your copay could very small. Check rules and regulations with them.
An Advanced Procedures for Ear Anomalies in Newborns
Did you know that about thirty percent of newborns are born with outer ear anomalies that go undetected during pregnancy? Some of these are temporary and resolve as the child gets older, but others need medical intervention – surgical and non-surgical.
A non-surgical solution: In the neo-natal period, approximately the first ten weeks after birth, high levels of maternal hormones are present in the infant’s blood. During this time the ear cartilage is flexible, and the outer ear can be reshaped by placing a custom-made ear mold at the site of the problem. Over several weeks, with adjustments, the mold gradually reshapes the ear. Timing is extremely important since, if the surgeons miss this window of opportunity, surgical correction is the only solution, but only when the child is at least six years old.
Major Public Israeli Hospitals with Advanced Plastic & Reconstructive Surgical Departments
- Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
- Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa
- Sheba Tel Hashomer Medical Center
- Hadassah Medica Center, Jerusalem
- Beilinson
- Ichilov
If your are looking for private care, you may want to investigate Assuta medical centers or the Herzliyah Medical Center.
