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ArticlePlastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open2023

External Ear Melanoma Treated with Auricular Reconstruction Using Four Different Tissues in a 16-Year-Old Patient.

Hiroyuki Takasu, Sasagu Yagi, Sawa Taguchi, Soichi Furukawa, Nao Ono, Miyako Nakahama, Yutaka Shimomura

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Article in Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hiroyuki TakasuFrom the Department of Plastic Surgery, Yamaguchi University Hospital, Ube, Japan.
Sasagu YagiFrom the Department of Plastic Surgery, Yamaguchi University Hospital, Ube, Japan.
Sawa TaguchiFrom the Department of Plastic Surgery, Yamaguchi University Hospital, Ube, Japan.
Soichi FurukawaFrom the Department of Plastic Surgery, Yamaguchi University Hospital, Ube, Japan.
Nao OnoFrom the Department of Plastic Surgery, Yamaguchi University Hospital, Ube, Japan.
Miyako NakahamaFrom the Department of Plastic Surgery, Yamaguchi University Hospital, Ube, Japan.
Yutaka ShimomuraDepartment of Dermatology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Japan.
Yamaguchi University Hospital · JPYamaguchi University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The auricular region is a common site of cutaneous malignancies, most of which are nonmelanoma skin cancers, such as basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma, in older patients. They are often treated with limited surgery that can be performed under local anesthesia. We report the case of a young patient with external ear melanoma who underwent reconstruction for defects of more than one-half of the helix and concha using four types of tissues: a rib cartilage graft, temporoparietal fascia flap, full-thickness skin graft, and retroauricular flap. Extending the retroauricular flap posteriorly to the entire hairless area allowed us to cover the anterior surface of the rib cartilage framework, which helped effectively achieve aesthetics. In auricle reconstruction, it is crucial to determine how well the anterior surface of the auricle is created.

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