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case_images: Pre-operative views of a subtotally amputated left ear. Only a 5-mm skin pedicle connected the amputated ear to the lobule. The helix, antihelix and a part of the choncha were completely amputated.
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case_images: Only a 5-mm wide skin pedicle, which connected the amputated ear to the inferior part of the lobule, was left intact (Figure 1).
case_images: In order to relieve venous congestion, the reattached ear was bled intermittently for 3 days.
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case_images: F2
case_images: Venous congestion was seen just after the operation and intermittent bleeding was performed especially in the upper part of the segment to improve circulation for three days (Figure 2).
case_images: Two months post-operatively: natural appearance of the ear after primary reattachment without vascular anastomosis.
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case_images: F3
case_images: After two months, the replanted auricle healed completely and, compared to the right ear, the reconstructed ear had the same two-point discrimination sensitivity (Figure 3).