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Repair of postauricular defects using a new technique: the swallowtail flap
Cristiano Monarca1, Michele Maruccia, Francesca Palumbo
1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 'Sapienza' University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
In Vivo (Athens, Greece)
|July 15, 2011
Abstract:
We describe a case of an 81-year-old patient, where we used a new technique for the reconstruction of postauricular defects (of 3 x 4 cm diameter). The swallowtail flap is an advancement flap that allows getting beyond the repair of the defect, providing an excellent aesthetic result because the scar is masked in the neck and retroauricular folds and does not alter the shape and projection of the ear.
