title: [Helix reconstruction by tubular flap].
abstract: Tubular flaps, an early technique of reconstructive surgery, still are indicated for some diseases, such as post-traumatic helical reconstruction. In this disease, retroauricular skin is used to construct a bipedicled tube flap that later is transposed in various surgical stages to rebuild the missing structure. The procedure is ambulatory and carried out under local anesthesia in patients who are motivated to collaborate with this surgical approach.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugía Plástica y Reconstructiva, Hospital Neustra Señora del Pino, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fernández-Palacios
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: de Armas Díaz
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Alvarado Benítez
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rodríguez Aguirre
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004431:Ear, External / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D013518:Surgery, Plastic; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous