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Case Reports: Reminder of important clinical lesson
Combined preauricular, retroauricular bilobed flap for earlobe reconstruction
  1. Pavan Goud Pasham1,
  2. Manoj Ananthappan2,
  3. Surya Rao Rao Venkata Mahipathy2 and
  4. Alagar Raja Durairaj2
  1. 1Department of General Surgery, Saveetha Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
  2. 2Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
  1. Correspondence to Dr Pavan Goud Pasham; pavangoud2323{at}gmail.com

Abstract

The earlobe is an important anatomical structure that has a significant role in aesthesis. An absent ear lobule may be congenital or acquired due to the result of trauma, infection or malignancy. Its surgical repair places a challenge due to the difficulty of obtaining a natural-appearing and durable outcome. Many procedures have been described for reconstruction including the Gavello and Zenteno Alanis techniques. We have described a new method which is single staged, easy to perform and aesthetically acceptable.

  • Plastic and reconstructive surgery
  • Oral and maxillofacial surgery

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2023-255982

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    • Contributors PGP: study design, collection of data, data analysis, writing of the manuscript, patient care. MA: writing of the manuscript, patient care. ARD: writing of the manuscript, patient care. SRRVM: critical review, revision. SRRVM is the guarantor for this paper. The following authors were responsible for drafting of the textm sourcing and editing of clinical images, investigation results, drawing original diagrams and algorithms, and critical revision for important intellectual content: PGP, MA, ARD. The following author gave final approval of the manuscript: SRRVM

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Case reports provide a valuable learning resource for the scientific community and can indicate areas of interest for future research. They should not be used in isolation to guide treatment choices or public health policy.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.