AURICULAR RECONSTRUCTION USING EXPANDER FOLLOWED BY MEDPOR IMPLANT IN POST-TRAUMATIC AMPUTATIONS
Abstract:
External ear is a three-dimensional structure with a high degree of complexity that continues
to challenge plastic surgeons in their quest to reconstruct it. Many techniques were developed during
time in the attempt to reconstruct the ears, from ancient local flaps, passing through costal rib cartilage,
firstly described in the mid-last-century and still perfected until today, and reaching to alloplastic
implants and even tissue engineering, nowadays. Several recent studies have been conducted regarding
the use of porous polyethylene implants known as Medpor in auricular reconstruction of different
etiologies. In the following paper, we present a post-traumatic total ear reconstruction using tissue
expander in combination with Medpor implants.
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