Auricular prostheses were traditionally retained using chemical adhesives ,mechanical retentive aids or natural undercuts at retention sites.These methods have the limitation of frequent loss retention, skin reactions to adhesives, unnatural movements prosthesis. Osseo integrated implants which has superior advantages over others disadvantages for patients with financial constraints and/or who ...

Auricular defects resulting from excision of cutaneous malignancies pose a challenge to the reconstructive surgeon due complex anatomy, convexities, and concavities ear. A must be familiar with analyzing ear understand variety options available goals restoring function, re-establishing anatomic units, achieving aesthetic balance. This review summarizes current methods for reconstruction partial...

To explore domestic auricular point therapy for insomnia in recent 10 years. The keywords retrieving clinical research papers include auricular point, insomnia, auricular point pressing therapy, auricular acupuncture therapy, auricular bloodletting method, needle-embedding method, auricular therapeutic apparatus. The databases are CNKI, WANGFANG, and VIP. Eighty-nine target theses were collecte...

Reconstruction strategies for the ear should address the major aesthetic goals of maintaining the helical curvature and the symmetric frontal profile. When the auditory canal is involved, maintaining its patency is a major functional goal. The anatomic location of the defect, by virtue of its topographic features and adjacent donor pools, will dictate the appropriate reconstructive option. Fami...

While auricular fibrillation is easily recognized by arterial and jugular tracings or by electrocardiograms, it is not possible to interpret all the waves found in these records. The venous tracings may in general be placed in one of two classes: (a) those in which prominent systolic waves predominate or occur alone; and (b) those in which large or small diastolic waves occur occasionally, in g...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of abdominal obesity is on the rise worldwide. Previous studies have indicated the higher diagnostic value of body fat distribution pattern compared with general body in abdominal obesity assessments. Several non-pharmacological methods have been suggested for obesity management, of which acupuncture has gained a great deal of research interest with promising results. ...

The auricular acupuncture microsystem has been clinically proven to be an effective tool for the treatment of both acute and chronic pain. The auricular acupuncture microsystem provides a clear mapping of all the body organs and structures including that of the various brain structures. Some of the brain structures known to be involved in pain perception and pain modulation can be directly trea...

INTRODUCTION Tumors of the ear are relatively common and usually affect older people. If the tumor is small, a cure can be achieved by total excision and primary closure of the defect. Larger tumors require partial or full amputation of the ear, which negatively affects the aesthetics of the face. For older patients with additional comorbidities, we prefer reconstruction with an epithesis to pl...