Repair of split earlobes. A review and a new technique.
Numerous techniques for repairing split earlobes have been described in the literature. They range from excision of skin on the cleft edges and resuturing to fashioning flaps of skin from the posterior aspects of the earlobes, with or without a Z-plasty at the free margins. A different technique, which has not been described before, is presented in this paper.
D004431:Ear, External / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*; D013536:Suture Techniques