The Superior Auricular Artery and Retroauricular Arterial Island Flaps
1996; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 98; Linguagem: Inglês
10.1097/00006534-199609001-00009
ISSN1529-4242
AutoresRuyao Song, Yeguang Song, Keming Qi, Haiyue Jiang, Fushi Pan,
Tópico(s)Congenital Ear and Nasal Anomalies
ResumoThis paper reports the finding of the superior auricular artery, which is a fairly large arterial branch, about 1 mm in diameter, arising from the superficial temporal artery anterior to the auricular helix. It is covered by skin, the anterior auricular muscle, and the fascia of the parotid gland. It runs together with its concomitant vein posteriorly in the groove between the cartilage of the ear and the temporal bone and anastomoses with the posterior auricular artery. This artery has been used successfully to raise large retroauricular arterial island flaps for one case of total nose reconstruction and seven cases of reconstruction of the severely constricted anophthalmic socket. These operative procedures are described in detail.
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