Reconstruction of stenotic external auditory canal with a postauricular chondrocutaneous flap.
A case of stenosis of the external auditory canal secondary to a burn injury was reconstructed with a chondrocutaneous postauricular flap. Advantages of this technique include the use of a single flap to reconstruct the whole circumference of the canal, the fact that a chondrocutaneous flap is more likely to prevent restenosis than a skin flap alone, and the fact that reconstruction with an axial-pattern flap is more reliable than reconstruction with a random-pattern flap.
Furuta
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Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.
Noguchi
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Takagi
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D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000601:surgery; D004426:Ear Deformities, Acquired / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D004431:Ear, External / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*