title: [Implication of technique of "two-flap" in ear reconstruction].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the technique of "two-flap" in ear reconstruction.
  
  
  METHODS
  Quantitative tissue expansions were used in the mastoid area in the first stage. After the final injection, there was 1 month of sustaining time. Expanded skin flap and unexpanded fascia flap were designed in the second stage, so the "two-flap" technique was used in the ear reconstruction. From January 2004 to December 2008, 1427 patients of microtia were treated using "two-flap" technique.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The expanded skin flap could show the fine structures of the reconstructed ears. The reconstructed ears had vivid cranioauricular angle after using the unexpanded fascia flap.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  "Two-flap" method was easily manipulated and the complications were rare. The reconstructed ears had lucid and three-dimensional contour.
authors.affiliation: Auricular Reconstructive Center, Plastic Surgery Hospital, Chinese Acaderny of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100144, China.
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Hongxing
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhuang
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Qinghua
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Yanyong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Leren
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Shujie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Haiyue
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D004423:Ear / Q000601:surgery; D004431:Ear, External / Q000601:surgery*; D005205:Fascia / Q000637:transplantation; D006801:Humans; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013524:Surgical Flaps