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Use of a vascular pedicled temporoparietalis muscle flap resurfaced with a full-thickness skin graft from the opposite ear, instead of less-than-favorable skin coverage, is advocated to achieve more satisfactory aesthetic results in total ear reconstruction handicapped by the presence of scarred local skin. The technical feasibility of the procedure and the authors' experiences in the past 9 years are described.
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Nakai, H., Ishii, Y., Ozaki, S. et al. Use of resurfaced temporoparietalis flap in total ear reconstruction with less-than-favorable skin coverage. Aesth. Plast. Surg. 8, 253–258 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01570713
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