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Correction of congenital 'triple lobe type' auricular cleft
Fabrizio Schonauer1, Ivan La Rusca, Guido Molea
1Chair of Plastic Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy. fschona@libero.it
Abstract:
Congenital cleft earlobe is a rare auricular malformation. Various techniques have been reported for the correction of this deformity. Few papers deal with surgical techniques to correct the triple lobe sub-type cleft. This anomaly presents more technical difficulties in the three-dimensional rearrangement than other sub-types. We describe the technique used to correct a triple lobe deformity in a 5-year-old boy. The postoperative result was satisfactory at one year follow-up.

