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ArticleThe Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association2026

An Overview of the Currently Used Congenital Auricular Anomalies (CAA) Classifications for Surgical Reconstruction: A Scoping Review.

Yangyang Lin, Elsa M Ronde, Lieve de Voort, Corstiaan C Breugem

Abstract readScoping Review
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Article in The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Yangyang LinDepartment of Aesthetic and Plastic Surgery, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9152-3063
Elsa M RondeDepartment of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery, Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-4526-351X
Lieve de VoortDepartment of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery, Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Corstiaan C BreugemDepartment of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery, Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-3587-7489

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

Congenital AbnormalitiesEar AuriclePlastic Surgery ProceduresHumans‌Congenital Auricular Anomaliescraniofacial morphologycraniofacial surgerymicrotiasurgical techniquesystematic review

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PMID39846418
PMCPMC12996376

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