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Wang et al. Retroauricular skin/fascia expansion for microtia reconstruction

to fully expand the fascia and skin. The region of non- Patient consent
hairbearing skin in the mastoid is relatively small, and The patient gave full written consent to the use of
therefore an 80 mL expander was selected. At the images for publication.
second stage operation, the integrated fascial flap
was dissected and covered to the cartilage framework, Ethics approval
only imperfect fascia was removed. The thickness of
the expanded skin flap was approximately 1.5 mm We declare that our research was carried out in a
through treated, it can wrap erect 3D framework and high ethical standard, and the research protocol was
reproduce reconstructed auricle substructure. approved by our local Ethical Committee.

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