title: Earlobe reconstruction using a Limberg flap in six ears.
abstract: Many methods of earlobe reconstruction using one or two stages have been described. These have used (i) the superimposition of two flaps, (ii) a single flap lined with a skin graft or (iii) doubled-over single or bilobed flaps. We present a new method of earlobe reconstruction using a doubled-over Limberg flap, which we have used in six ears. This produces a good-looking earlobe, which needs defatting after 3-4 months and suffered minimal necrosis at the tip of the folded flap in three cases. There was no earlobe shrinkage on long-term follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic, Maxillofacial and Burns Surgery, Government Medical College and Rajendra Hospital, Punjab, Patiala, India.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004426:Ear Deformities, Acquired / Q000601:surgery*; D004431:Ear, External / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D016896:Treatment Outcome