title: Repair of microtia with sculpted rib cartilage grafts in identical, mirror-image twins: a case study.
abstract: Congenital abnormalities more commonly occur in multiple births-which are on the rise because of assisted reproductive techniques and fertility-stimulating drugs. One-third of twins are identical, and mirror-imaging is not as rare as one might think. It usually goes unnoticed because the differences between them are so subtle-unless they have an obvious congenital deformity. The author presents such a case, in which mirror-image twins were each afflicted with unilateral microtia. His management and repair of their ear deformities is presented herein.
authors.affiliation: El Camino Hospital, Mountain View, CA, USA. ears2you@earsurgery.com
authors.forename: Burt
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Brent
mesh_terms: D002356:Cartilage / Q000637:transplantation*; D002648:Child; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000235:genetics / Q000601:surgery; D065817:Congenital Microtia; D004200:Diseases in Twins / Q000601:surgery*; D004423:Ear / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D004431:Ear, External / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods*; D014430:Twins, Monozygotic