title: Dog ear: true and false. A simple surgical management.
abstract: The rise of the utilization of tissue expanders and procedures like liposuction have brought us a better understanding of the biomechanical properties of the skin as a living organ. This understanding has helped us to appreciate better the etiopathology of a dog ear deformity and to utilize the same properties for its correction by simple methods and thus avoid complex plasties and additional scars.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Hôpital Necker Enfants-Malades, Paris, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chrétien-Marquet
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bennaceur
mesh_terms: D062109:Dermatologic Surgical Procedures; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D009506:Nevus / Q000601:surgery; D012868:Skin Abnormalities; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery