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Vacuum-Assisted Retroauricular Full-Thickness Skin Grafting

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The authors describe a vacuum-assisted skin grafting method to optimize graft take in the retroauricular region. This method is demonstrated after skin tumor resection of the retroauricular and mastoid areas.

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  1. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Nimes University Hospital, pl Pr Robert Debré, 30000, Nimes, France

    Benoit Ayestaray & Farid Bekara

  2. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Breast Institute, 15, av Jean Jaures, 90000, Belfort, France

    Jean-Baptiste Andreoletti

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  1. Benoit Ayestaray
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Correspondence to Benoit Ayestaray.

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Ayestaray, B., Bekara, F. & Andreoletti, JB. Vacuum-Assisted Retroauricular Full-Thickness Skin Grafting. Aesth Plast Surg 37, 191–193 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-012-9986-y

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