title: Single staged, z-plasty supported, wedge excision modification for treatment of auricular lesions under local anesthesia: a technical note.
abstract: Following wedge-excision of auricular lesions, a triangular-cartilage only-excision is planned at the tip of the wedge. The dimensions and the angles of this cartilage can be modified as much as the required helical rotation. After approximating the cartilage edges a notching deformity may be observed which can be improved using single or multiple z-plasties.
authors.affiliation: Ankara Education and Research Hospital, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Cebeci, Ankara, Turkey. dogan_tuncali@yahoo.com
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tuncali
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yavuz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Aslan
mesh_terms: D000772:Anesthesia, Local; D004425:Ear Cartilage / Q000601:surgery; D004431:Ear, External / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures