title: "Practical suggestions on facial plastic surgery--how i do it". Management of the dog ear deformity.
abstract: The dog ear is a common skin deformity resulting from attempted closure of unfavorably shaped defects or from transfer of many local flaps. Prevention is possible in many instances and surgical correction is usually feasible when the deformity appears.
mesh_terms: D004426:Ear Deformities, Acquired / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*