Expanded preauricular full-thickness free skin graft.
A preauricular skin graft with expansion for repair of a facial defect is presented. This technique preserves a more natural appearance in color, texture, and thickness than is otherwise possible and provides a larger graft than the usual preauricular graft method.
Iwahira
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Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Toho University Hospital, Japan.
Maruyama
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D005145:Face / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D015626:Tissue Expansion / Q000379:methods*