REPAIR OF INCOMPLETE CLEFT EARLOBE

Authors
HOCHBERG J ARDENGHY M
Citation
J. Hochberg et M. Ardenghy, REPAIR OF INCOMPLETE CLEFT EARLOBE, Annals of plastic surgery, 37(2), 1996, pp. 170-172
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Annals of plastic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
01487043
Volume
37
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
170 - 172
Database
ISI
SICI code
0148-7043(1996)37:2<170:ROICE>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
The repair of incomplete clefts of the earlobe by just freshening the edges and suturing them in apposition may result in an abnormal, point ed earlobe. We present a modification of the technique described by Pa rdue, preserving the hole for an earring and preventing the pointed ea rlobe. Two skin suture lines, in opposing directions, maintain the nat ural curved contour of the earlobe.