title: [Auricular reconstruction with Medpor framework and temporal-parietal fascia flap].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Second Military Medical University, Changzheng Hospital, Shanghai 200003, China.
authors.forename: Songlin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Xiaohai
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Weidong
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.forename: Hongwei
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tao
authors.forename: Xudong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Zihao
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D011095:Polyethylenes