Reconstruction of the ear after tumor excision.
Tumors of the external ear are frequent. A variety of defects, created by surgical excision, can be repaired with basic techniques under outpatient local anesthesia. Most often, the redistribution of local and adjacent tissue allows satisfactory reconstruction.
Menick
F J
FJ
Arizona Health Science Center, Tucson.
D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery; D004425:Ear Cartilage / Q000601:surgery; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D004431:Ear, External / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013518:Surgery, Plastic