Description
A 28-year-old man presented with amputation of a 3-cm portion of his right earlobe secondary to an altercation with his girlfriend. The earlobe was reattached in the emergency department, but follow-up at 1 week revealed necrotic tissue. The patient subsequently chose to undergo local flap reconstruction. An approximately 8-mm flap was incised, based on anterior blood supply, and inset was carried out in a circumferential fashion from the distal corner.
Figure 1.
Preoperative: Right earlobe amputation prior to reconstruction.
Figure 2.
Perioperative: Markings for the local anteriorly based postauricular flap.
Figure 3.
Perioperative: Mobilization of flap.
ePlasty. 2020;20(ic7) © 2020 Open Science Company
