(A) shows the wide postauricular flap used to expose the site for (B) repair of the external auditory canal atresia by drilling a neo-canal. (C) illustrates the preauricular incision used to (D) undermine an area for (E) insertion of the cartilage graft during a standard staged microtia reconstruction.

Pen and ink illustration.

For David Hamlar, MD, DDS; Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Minnesota; Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Illustration presented at the Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meetings 2001 by: Walsh WE Jr, Roy S, Levine S, Hamlar DD. The Sequence of Atresia Repair and Microtia Reconstruction. COSM; Palm Desert, California; May 2001. Presentations

Illustration submitted for publication in: Walsh WE Jr, Roy S, Levine SC, Hamlar DD. The Sequence of Atresia Repair and Microtia Reconstruction. Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery (submitted). Publications

© Bill Walsh, 2001.