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The posterior suturing with postauricular fascial flap otoplasty technique was designed to address the high rate of postauricular suture extrusion and recurrence with the cartilage-sparing techniques. It utilizes conchoscaphoid and conchomastoid suturing with permanent sutures with the addition of a postauricular superficial muscular aponeurotic system (SMAS) flap sutured to the helical rim to cover the permanent sutures. The technique is versatile and controls the posterior suturing techniques that are not usually a feature of the anterior scoring otoplasty techniques. The surgical technique is described.
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The authors are indebted to the Department of Medical Photography at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children for production of the photographs; Mr. Patrick Addison, consultant plastic surgeon, for his help with this study; Miss Elizabeth Whallett, consultant plastic surgeon, for illustrative figures; and above all the patients involved in the study and their parents.
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Schaverien, M.V., Stewart, K.J. (2013). Posterior Suturing with Postauricular Fascial Flap Otoplasty. In: Shiffman, M. (eds) Advanced Cosmetic Otoplasty. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35431-1_34
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