title: Practical perioperative pinnaplasty preparation.
abstract: Creating and maintaining a sterile operative field for pinnaplasty can be difficult. Drapes can slip, and stray hairs can interfere with delicate dissection and suturing. Methods to combat this have been suggested in the literature, but each has disadvantages, either in cost or in adequacy of surgical access. This report describes a practical and prudent technique for reducing contamination and obstruction by stray hairs in the operative field during performance of a pinnaplasty while maintaining adequate access at no added cost.
authors.forename: Richard A J
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Wain
authors.forename: Syed H A
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Shah
mesh_terms: D054644:Ear Auricle / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D004431:Ear, External; D004866:Equipment Contamination / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009873:Operating Rooms; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D011786:Quality Control; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013242:Sterilization / Q000592:standards; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*