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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-6-3
pubmed:abstractText
The anatomy and tissue characteristics of the ear render reconstructive procedures addressing local defects on the scapha challenging. Twenty patients with variously caused defects on the scapha underwent a one-stage reconstruction with retroauricular pedicled flaps raised without axial vessels. Flap elevation, followed by incision and tunnelling of the cartilage, enables easy access to the defects at the centre of the external surface of the concha. There were no flap losses, no postoperative wound infection and no asymmetries noted in the follow-up. Retroauricular pedicled flaps with random blood supply are safe and ideal for one-stage closure of defects, no larger than 3.5 cm in size, in the lateral anterior part of the external ear. Good functional and aesthetic outcomes can be achieved.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1878-0539
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright © 2010 British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
64
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
934-6
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21147055-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:21147055-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:21147055-Austria, pubmed-meshheading:21147055-Cohort Studies, pubmed-meshheading:21147055-Ear Auricle, pubmed-meshheading:21147055-Ear Cartilage, pubmed-meshheading:21147055-Esthetics, pubmed-meshheading:21147055-Female, pubmed-meshheading:21147055-Follow-Up Studies, pubmed-meshheading:21147055-Graft Survival, pubmed-meshheading:21147055-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:21147055-Male, pubmed-meshheading:21147055-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:21147055-Reconstructive Surgical Procedures, pubmed-meshheading:21147055-Retrospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:21147055-Risk Assessment, pubmed-meshheading:21147055-Skin Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:21147055-Surgical Flaps, pubmed-meshheading:21147055-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:21147055-Treatment Outcome, pubmed-meshheading:21147055-Wound Healing
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Retroauricular pull-through island flap for defect closure of auricular scapha defects--a safe one-stage technique.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, University Academic Teaching Hospital Feldkirch, Feldkirch, Austria. lorenz.larcher@lkhf.at
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article