title: Retroauricular cutaneous advancement flap.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Excisional surgery of the ear, such as that following a skin cancer excision, often produces a smaller ear postoperatively.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This article describes the various uses of a retroauricular cutaneous advancement flap to repair surgical defects of the ear following a skin cancer excision, without miniaturising the ear.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A retroauricular cutaneous advancement flap is an option for patients who require cosmetically satisfying reconstruction of the ear post skin cancer excision. The technique can avoid the miniaturisation of the ear that may occur with other techniques.
authors.affiliation: Cardiff and Chatswood, New South Wales. dr.peterkim@yahoo.com.au
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Kwan Stephen
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D054644:Ear Auricle / Q000601:surgery; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps