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Reconstruction of the external auditory canal with a laterocervical twisted flap (snail flap)
G Di Benedetto1, M Pierangeli, G Zura
1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Ancona University School of Medicine, Italy.
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
|May 1, 1997
Abstract:
A case of circumferential reconstruction of the external auditory canal following basal cell carcinoma is described using a laterocervical tubed flap. One-stage reconstruction with a single flap, absence of donor-site deformity, and easy dissection are the main advantages of the procedure, which also can be conveniently used to reconstruct part of the concha and the tragal region.