Retroauricular Flap Research Articles

Treatment of male pattern baldness with one-stage flap.

A 1-stage correction of baldness is described, using a vertical preauricular or retroauricular flap, and employing local anesthesia rather than general anesthesia.

Refinements in the Treatment of the Superficial Musculoaponeurotic System: The Retroauricular Flap and the Zygomatic Rolled Flap

In face lifts, we utilize the excess superficial musculoaponeurotic system (SMAS) tissue when dissection and traction are carried out. In 73 consecutive cases, the use of the zygomatic rolled flap and the retroauricular flap resulted in improved cosmetic results.

Modified after Palva

In Aalborg — during 20 months — 93 cases of simple and radical mastoidectomy have been done for acute and chronic otitis media. In the material the chronic cases dominate, especially the very chronic.Totally 43 simple and 50 radical mastoidectomies of varying radicality have been made, cholesteatoma was found in 31 cases (33%), fistula of the external canal in 11 cases (12%) and in 52 cases (56%) the ossicular chain was found interrupted most often by ostitic destruction of crus longum incudis.Great care has been made to remove ostitic bone as thoroughly as possible. In all but 3 cases a muscle obliteration of the cavity has been done. In 83 cases was used a retroauricular muscle flap a little modified after Palva's method. In 3 cases an anteriorly based flap from the temporal muscle and in 4 cases a combination of different muscle flaps were used. The material was evaluated 1–22 months after the operation. It is concluded that muscle obliteration of the cavity after Palva is an easy and technically attra...