A surgeon has fulfilled simple wish of a nine-year-old kid by giving him a new pair of ears created from his own ribs.

Kieran Sorkin was born deaf and with a rare condition called bilateral microtia. It is a congenital deformity where the external ear is underdeveloped. This rare condition affects one in 100,000 babies.

Kieran was grafted with a pair of ears created from cartilage of his ribs last August. The six-hour operation was performed by experts at London's renowned Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH).

The experts harvested the rib cartilage from both sides of Kieran's chest and then carved and shaped it into frameworks for ears.

Lead surgeon Neil Bulstrodeears said that the ears had healed sufficiently. Kieran wish of wearing sunglasses came just in time for summer.

Mr Bulstrode used an outline of Kieran mother's ears as a family template' to make his as close as possible to the shape Kieran might have had. When Kieran saw his ears, he admired them by saying,' Awesome'.

He said, "Before the operations I thought I might get elephant ears or mouse ears, but I've got my mum's ears. It's weird, but I feel great. Mr. Bulstrode is the best surgeon as he made my wishes come true - I've got ears and can wear sunglasses".

Kieran's mother said that his son has been very brave throughout this journey and the results today are overwhelming. According to her, the results have already made such a huge difference to his self-esteem and confidence.