Use of tubed subcutaneous pedicle flap to repair auricular defects
LI Leiji
QIN Gang
GAO Lin
LIU Yuehua
Zhu Lin
FEI Jing
ZHAO Chong
Abstract：Objective To report use of tubed pedicle flap in repairing skin and/or tissue defects of and around the ear. Methods Clinical data were collected from 16 patients whose skin and/or tissue defects of and around the ear from tumor, trauma or infection were repaired by the authors with pre-/post-auricular tubed pedicle flap that contained the superficial temporal or post-auricular artery. The flap was separated from the donor area and reconstruction completed in a second stage procedure. Results The flap survived well after separation form the donor area with normal skin color and helped maintain desired auricular contour in all patients. Conclusion The tubed pedicle flap reported in this study has the advan-tage of carrying blood circulation which improves flap survival and makes the flap especially suitable for repair of auricu-lar defects that lack adequate blood supply. The abundant circulation inherent to the flap may also help prevent local infec-tion, which is of appreciable value clinically.
Keywords：Subcutaneous pedicleflapShortcomingTumourTrauma injuryInfection
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 516-518 )