(A) shows the proper placement of the auricle and external auditory meatus in relationship to the new canal with the meatus in conchal bowl and the tragus slightly covering. (B) illustrates malposition of the auricle in relationship to the canal. The reconstructed auricle is too anterior and inferior in relationship to the new auditory canal, resulting in the meatus resting superior and posterior to the conchal bowl.

Pencil 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.