The injured ear: a review of 50 cases.
In a retrospective review of 50 patients with wounds of the ear, simple closure was found preferable to flap repair as a method of primary treatment. Replantation of the partially or totally amputated ear as a composite graft was singularly unsuccessful in this series.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001734:Bites, Human; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004431:Ear, External / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013518:Surgery, Plastic; D013524:Surgical Flaps