[Quality of life in patients with total and subtotal auricle defects after burns]

Auricle defects elimination is an actual problem of maxillofacial surgery because an auricle has complex 3-dimensional anatomic structure and its loss (partial or full) produces psychological discomfort in any patient and can even led to social disadaptation. The most complicated problems were the patients with spacious after burn neck and face deformations who demonstrated the lowest results during talks and when different methods were used. Besides the psychological techniques we used test questionnaire SF36. The results of the checkup testified to difficulties of social and personal adaptation in such patients and need in additional methods of their life quality increase and advisability of bringing in their adaptation specialists of adjacent medical areas, psychotherapist and clinical psychologists.