title: A method of treatment of constricted ears with a conchal cartilage graft to the posterior auricular plane.
abstract: In order to make natural auricular features in a simple and certain way and also to prevent the occurrence of a postoperative lop-eared deformity, we contrived a new method to treat constricted ears. Our method consists of correction of the anthelical deformity according to a modified Converse method and a cartilage graft harvested from the posterior region of the concha to fix as a support on the posterior auricular plane which enables the auricle to maintain a normal shape. This method resulted in very satisfactory treatment of prominent ears or ears with mild helical constriction, categorized as group I, IIa, or IIb on Tanzer's classification, and the patients did not have marked postoperative problems. Thus, in this respect, our technique is considered to be a very effective and safe method.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Fukushima Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gunji
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kaneko
mesh_terms: D002356:Cartilage / Q000637:transplantation*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004431:Ear, External / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*