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Anatomic description of the free retroauricular flap
Author(s) -
Wada Mitchitaka,
Fujino Toyomi,
Terashima Toshio
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
microsurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.031
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1098-2752
pISSN - 0738-1085
DOI - 10.1002/micr.1920010205
Subject(s) - medicine , anatomy , auricle , cadaver , vein , surgery
Twenty‐five human cadavers were examined to study the anatomy of the closed vascular system between the retroauricular artery and the retroauricular vein in the skin on the posterior aspect of the auricle and the mastoid process. The mean external diameters of the vessels supplying this region are 1.2 mm (artery) and 1.4 mm (vein). A flap averaging 5 × 7 cm may be taken from this area for use as facial cover.