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[Surgical depilation in low hairline aurical reconstruction]
Yong Tang1, Hongxing Zhuang, Qinghua Yang
1Plastic Surgery Hospital Chenese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 10041, China.
Objective:
Low hairline is one of the most troublesome problem in auricle reconstruction. There was no satisfactory way to manage the problem. This article discuss surgical depilation to deal with this problem and reconstructed auricle.
Methods:
According to the degree of the low hairline, Postaurical scalp was expanded and part of the lower follicles within the dermal were removed, or postaurical scalp that part of lower follicles and dermal had been removed was expanded and covered skeleton of ear with this expanded skin to reconstructed auricle.
Results:
Auricles were reconstructed with this method in 152 lowhairline microtial cases, the result was very satisfactory.
Conclusion:
This procedure is an effective way to deal with low hairline in reconstructing auricle.
