title: Surgical correction of cryptotia combined with intraoperative distention using isotonic saline injection and rotation flap method.
abstract: The following report describes the combination of surgical correction with intraoperative distention using isotonic saline injection and the rotation flap method for correction of cryptotia. This technique provided extensive skin coverage of the upper portion of the auricle and was an easy and quick method of dissecting the cartilage of the posterior auricle. The main advantages of this technique include achievement of skin expansion without the need for expander material, simple design of the skin incision, and easy dissection of the cartilage. Although one patient experienced partial congestion in the upper tip of the rotation flap, no other complications occurred. Further, cryptotia did not recur.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Saga University Hospital, Saga, Japan. uemurat@cc.saga-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Tetsuji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uemura
authors.forename: Naozumi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanabe
authors.forename: Tomoichi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Saitoh
authors.forename: Shigeto
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsushita
authors.forename: Nobuyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mitsukawa
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004431:Ear, External / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007552:Isotonic Solutions / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D013506:Otologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps
chemical_list: D007552:Isotonic Solutions