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.
Arizona Health Science Center, Tucson.
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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