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KMID : 0358819810080010133
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Journal of Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
1981 Volume.8 No. 1 p.133 ~ p.139
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REPAIR OF CRYPTOTIA
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Chang Sae-Myung
Lee Doo-Hyung
HwangBo Chong-Yun
Lee Hae-Young
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Abstract
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Cryptotia is a rare congenital anomaly of the auricle characterized by failure of extrusion of cartilage framework from the side of the head and byrying under the temporal skin.
Several kinds of surgical reconstructions have been suggested to effect esthetic improvement and to permit the wearing of spectacles since Kubo’s V-Y plasty.
The aims of and repair are threefold-to release the upper ear from the side of the head, to correct malposition, and to restore the retroauricular groove. The main emphasis of the operation are to cover the skin defect on the posterior aspect of the ear after it is dessected from the head, and to repair the cartilagenous deformity.
authors have experienced 9 patients of the cryptotia during 5 years from Jan. 1975 to dec. 1980. and got satisfactory results using Ohmori method and Onizuka method.
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