Abstract
While the indication for an ear reconstruction with rib cartilage is clear in pediatric patients and patients without previous surgery, there are borderline cases in which neither a reconstruction nor a prosthesis seems to be first choice.Within the last 6 years, approximately 120 patients were treated with a reconstruction with rib cartilage and 20 with a prosthesis at our hospital.Patients without extensively scarred periauricular tissue clearly benefit by a reconstruction with cartilage. The classic indication for an ear prosthesis is status post-malignant tumor resection. In borderline cases presenting with heavy scars, the most favorable repair method has to be decided upon individually. Under these circumstances, one of the main criteria for a reconstruction with rib cartilage is a viable temporoparietal fascia flap. A consideration that is important to note is that an unfavorable ear reconstruction can be converted almost always into a prosthesis repair but very rarely vice versa.
Originalsprache | Englisch |
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Zeitschrift | Annals of Plastic Surgery |
Jahrgang | 57 |
Ausgabenummer | 6 |
Seiten (von - bis) | 626-630 |
Seitenumfang | 5 |
ISSN | 0148-7043 |
DOIs | |
Publikationsstatus | Veröffentlicht - 12.2006 |