title: Wedge resection of the pinna.
abstract: In the treatment of large carcinomas whose local removal would be mutilating to a greater or lesser extent, wedge resection of the ear can preserve the normal appearance and function of the pinna. No significant complications have occurred in any of the patients so treated.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D004431:Ear, External / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods