title: Reconstruction of a subtotally amputated auricle with a very narrow inferior pedicle.
abstract: In our case study, the left ear of a 57-year-old male patient was subtotally amputated due to an iron-plate cutting accident. Only a 5-mm inferior skin pedicle connected the amputated ear to the lobule. The ear was reattached with primary suture without microsurgery. The reattached ear healed uneventfully.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey.
authors.forename: Cemal Alper
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Kemaloğlu
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey.
authors.forename: Fatih
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kılıç
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey.
authors.forename: Galip Kemali
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Günay
keywords: Amputation; ear; pedicle; replantation