Team approach to total auricular reconstruction.
The surgery of microtia is a procedure that demands surgical and artistic skills, as well as precise planning of interventions. In cases where a functioning inner ear is present, functional and esthetic reconstruction is performed jointly with ear, nose, and throat surgeons. The middle ear plasty is performed through a transmastoidial approach at the time of the second stage of the outer ear reconstruction. We demonstrate the special requirements of this team approach and also pay a tribute to Burt Brent, who has set the standards of modern ear reconstruction.
Kesselring
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UK
Centre de Chirurgie Plastique, Lausanne, Switzerland.
de Goumoens
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D002648:Child; D004423:Ear / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D004425:Ear Cartilage / Q000601:surgery; D004431:Ear, External / Q000601:surgery; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*