Personal experience in the repair of microtic ear.
Aim of this report is to share with colleagues, the senior author's experience in total auricular reconstruction with autogenous rib cartilage, based on Burt Brent's technique. The method has been personalized in the sequence of the surgical procedures. There are three stages: first, the cartilage carved framework graft is performed; secondly, the retro-auricular sulcus is reconstructed and thirdly, the earlobe is transposed onto a three-dimensional frame.
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Department of Surgery, Hospital Maggiore of Parma, Parma, Italy. dimdo@libero.it
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004431:Ear, External / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*