Use of postauricular skin grafts for vestibular reconstruction.
The use of full-thickness postauricular skin grafts for vestibular reconstruction is described. The procedure offers the advantages of a concealed donor scar, minimal patient discomfort and morbidity, ease of procurement, and confinement of the operations to a single region. Its use in 17 patients (31 grafts) resulted in complete take in 90.3% of the grafts. Maintenance of vestibular depth in most patients was maintained at 1-year follow-up. The disadvantages of the procedure are the limited amount of skin available and the need to suture the graft to the recipient site.
Eppley
B L
BL
Plastic Surgery Section, Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis 46202-5200.
McBride
J
J
Sadove
A M
AM
D004431:Ear, External / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible; D008437:Maxilla; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D014727:Vestibuloplasty / Q000379:methods*