Title and Copyright:
Atresia-Microtia Reconstruction, ©2001.

Media:
Pen and ink illustration finished in Adobe Photoshop 5.5.

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

Description:
These illustrations were used to report a series of cases where the canalplasty for external auditory canal atresia was performed before a standard staged microtia reconstruction. (A) A wide post-aruicular incision and (B) approach provide exposure for the canalplasty.

After healing from the canalplasty occurs, a standard staged microtia reconstruction begins by (C) making an incision anterior to the auricular reminant, (D) undermining posteriorly to create a pocket for (E) insertion of the cartilage framework.

Presented as:
Walsh WE, Roy S, Levine S, Hamlar DD. “The sequence of atresia repair and microtia reconstruction.” Triological Society Combined Spring Otolaryngology Meetings; Palm Desert, CA: May 2001.

 
     
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