Abstract
The auricle is a morphologically unique, highly variable in size and shape structure and a predominant feature of the face. Along with the external acoustic meatus, it constitutes the external ear. The auricle consisted of a cartilaginous skeletal structure that is covered by a cutaneous investor, which conforms to its shape.
The auricle is supplied by a rich anastomotic network that is formed by branches of the posterior auricular and the superficial temporal vessels. Only a few, simply designed flaps can be derived from the auricle, and these are provided to reconstruct small defects of the auricle itself.
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Thomaidis, V.K. (2014). Auricle. In: Cutaneous Flaps in Head and Neck Reconstruction. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41254-7_7
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