Background: Microtia is a congenital abnormality of the auricle. One important comprehensive management microtia ear reconstruction. Reconstruction using an auricle framework from autologous material originating rib cartilages still gold standard. However, currently, some surgeons prefer alloplastic materials which are claimed to reduce morbidity and can be performed at younger age. Objective: ...

INTRODUCTION The most common mechanisms of traumatic ear injury are bites, motor vehicle accidents, and assault with knives or firearms. Repair of traumatic auricle avulsion is technically and aesthetically challenging, primarily because of the irregular and unique cartilaginous anatomy of the ear. Classic replantation of a nonvascularized composite graft may succeed if the amputated portion of...

BACKGROUND Surgery for major malformations of the outer and middle ear involves aesthetic as well as functional aspects. Whereas reconstruction of the auricle with autogenous rib cartilage is well established and has shown favorable results, functional repair using classic reconstructive techniques is possible only in a limited group of patients and the outcome is often unsatisfactory. Active m...

Maize leaves are organized into two major domains along the proximal-distal axis: a broad flat blade at the distal end of the leaf, and a narrow, thickened sheath that encircles the stem. Between the blade and sheath are two wedge-shaped tissues called auricles, and the ligule, an epidermally derived fringe. Members of the Knotted1 (Kn1) family of mutations change the shape and position of both...

Vectorcardiography demonstrates very clearly the method of auricular activation and shows its spatial development. This is illustrated and discussed in this paper as it occurs in normal subjects, in a patient with an ectopic auricular pacemaker, and in patients with pulmonary heart disease. Changes similar to those seen in patients with cor pulmonale have been observed in dogs after partial occ...

A critical study of electrical events occurring in the posterior portions of the human heart has been made possible by the use of aesophageal leads in clinical electrocardiography (Cremer, 1906; Lieberson and Liberson, 1934; Luisada, 1935; Brown, 1936a, 1936b; Hamilton and Nyboer, 1938; Spiihler, 1938; Nyboer, 1939; Deglaude and Laubry, 1939). The cesophagus lies close to the posterior surface ...

At the present stage of development maxillofacial surgery, treatment patients with defects in auricles is one most difficult. Defects auricles, characterized by its absence, are divided according to etiological factor into two main groups: congenital (microtia) and acquired (as a result injuries various origins). Microtia (including anotia complete absence auricle) malformation auricle external...