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Use of the remnant ear for reconstruction in lobule-type microtia
Bo Pan1, Lin Lin, Yanyong Zhao
1Plastic Surgery Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Badachu Road 33, Beijing, China.
Objective:
To present in detail a reconstruction technique using the remnant ear in lobule-type microtia.
Methods:
By comparing the location of residual ear and the contralateral normal ear, we classified 3 different types of the remnant ear. Three techniques of transposition were applied to adjust the location of the reconstructed ear.
Results:
The reconstructed earlobes not only looked real but also were symmetrical with the contralateral normal ears.
Conclusion:
The remnant ear is a key factor-in addition to the framework and covering skin-in ear reconstruction in microtia.

