Using Four-Layer Sculpted Rib Cartilage Framework to Increase Transverse Height of the Reconstructive Ear in One Operative Stage for Microtia Patients.

Purpose: This case study improves an operative method of ear reconstruction for microtia patients by using a four-layer rib cartilage framework to increase transverse height of the reconstructive ear to a natural level in one operative stage.

Materials And Methods: The procedures of ear reconstruction were conducted from February 2014 to May 2016. The ear framework used in the procedures was fabricated from autologous rib cartilage into a four-layer spliced sculpture.

[Reconstruction of facial and cervical scar with the expanded supraclavicular island flaps].

Objective: To observe the therapeutic effect of expanded supraclavicular island flaps for facial and cervical scar.

Methods: From Oct. 2010 to Nov.