[Auricular reconstruction with Medpor framework and temporal-parietal fascia flap].
OBJECTIVE
In search of a simpler and safer technique for auricular reconstruction with good appearance.


METHODS
Medpor implant was used as auricular framework, and covered by temporal fascia flap and skin graft.


RESULTS
Ear reconstruction was successfully achieved in 19 cases, the newly formed ears all had good appearance after edema disappeared 1 or 2 months postoperatively.


CONCLUSIONS
Medpor is a kind of good implant material because it is steady in nature, easy to be sculptured. Temporal fascia flap is rich in blood supply, tough and tensile in biomechanics. So the combination of Medpor implant framework with temporal fascia flap is preferable in auricular reconstruction.
Yang
Songlin
S
Second Military Medical University, Changzheng Hospital, Shanghai 200003, China.
Zhu
Xiaohai
X
Wan
Weidong
W
Tao
Hongwei
H
Zhang
Xudong
X
Lin
Zihao
Z
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004431:Ear, External / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D005206:Fascia Lata / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011095:Polyethylenes; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000098:blood supply; D013997:Time Factors
D011095:Polyethylenes