title: An alternative treatment for postburn microstomia treatment: composite auricular lobule graft for oral comissure reconstruction.
abstract: Microstomia is one of the most distressing results of burn. In this article, two cases presenting with microstomia following burn injury were revealed. In these patients, perioral and commisure defects due to burn were severe. The commissuroplasties were performed with a composite graft harvested and reshaped from the ear lobule. The oral aperture was evaluated before and after the operation and the patients were followed-up for two years. As a result, the opening was nearly normal without the help of a splint. Functional recovery were satisfactory as the incidence of drooling disappeared. Both patients were satisfied with the end results since their quality of life increased significantly.
authors.affiliation: Ataturk Research and Training Hospital, Clinic of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Meltem
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ayhan
authors.forename: Zeynep
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Aytug
authors.forename: Orgun
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Deren
authors.forename: Burce
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Karantinaci
authors.forename: Metin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gorgu
mesh_terms: D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications*; D004423:Ear; D006801:Humans; D008865:Microstomia / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011788:Quality of Life; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods; D020127:Recovery of Function; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome