Application of Transfer Flaps in the Repair of Skin Defects Around the Auricle
LIU Yanjun
CHU Jiusheng
MAO Mingrong
HUANG Yongjiu
XU Liuying
DING Yue
PANG Xiuhong
Abstract：Objective To report outcomes of transfer flaps in the repair of skin defects around the auricle.Methods Data of 19 patients(10 males and 9 females;Age:76.6±11 years[52～98 years])treated for postoperative skin defects after resection of malignant skin tumors around the auricle at the Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery,Taizhou People's Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University from August 2019 to January 2023 were collected.Tumors were 1.0×1.0 cm to 3.5×4.5 cm in size,and located in the preauricular region in 11 cases,in the supraauricular region in 3 cases,in the subauricular region in 3 cases and in the retroauricular region in 2 cases.Skin defects were repaired by single transfer flaps in 7 cases and by double transfer flaps in 12 cases,with flap size range from 1.5×1.5 cm to 4.5×5.5 cm.Results After the follow-up(10～36 months),all repair flaps survived,with no tumor recurrence,complications or disfiguring scars.Conclusion Transfer flaps are a simple repair for skin defects after periauricular tumors resection,with good healing and minimal scars and auricle deformity,and worth clinical adoption.
Keywords：transfer flapauriclemalignant skin tumordefectrepair
Publication Date：2024-12-28
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 946-949 )