Innovative usage of accessory auricles as full-thickness skin graft

Elankumar Subbarayan, Ravikumar Chittoria

Journal of Cutaneous and Aesthetic Surgery 2017 10(3):150-152

Accessory auricles are relatively rare malformations arising from the first branchial arch which contains skin, fat and cartilage. The treatment is usually surgical removal for the cosmetic purpose. We are sharing our experience of utilising the accessory auricle skin as full thickness graft for post.burn reconstruction of the fingers contracture of a child. Even though this type of association is rare, it is an innovative idea following Sir Harold Gilles' principle 'Never throw anything away'.

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