Aquired defects of the auricle

Defects resulting from accidents

• careful débridement of the wound, an effort to preserve intact cartilage
• reconstructive procedures: composite graft, covering of exposed cartilage with temporoparietal flap, insertion of cartilage into subcutaneous pocket, replantation (rich vascularization is an advantage)

 For more information see Ear injuries.

Defects resulting from tumor removal

• sickle + star-shaped excision → reduction of auricle x without deformities

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• Ear injuries
• Congenital deformities of the outer and middle ear
• Congenital deformities of the auricle

Used literature

• MĚŠŤÁK, Jan. Úvod do plastické chirurgie. 1. edition. Univerzita Karlova v Praze - Nakladatelství Karolinum, 2005. 125 pp. ISBN 80-246-1150-3.