... the buttress for auricular elevation. A method for elevating the temporal fascia flap (TPF) to cover the buttress cartilage for skin grafting over it [ 2 ], and a method for elevation of a fascia flap posterior to the reconstructed auricle to cover the buttress cartilage [ 3 ] have also been reported. We...

... of the EAC. 2. Construction of the External Auditory Canal/Middle Ear', this vol., pp. 87-91). Fig. 3 Design of construction of external auditory canal. Creation of the Buttress Cartilage and Skin Tube In parallel with the procedures performed so far, we take out the previously harvested rib...

... - what the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Code refers to as the spirit of sport . Protecting health is itself an important value, but many sports encourage athletes to take significant risks. The case against doping is buttressed by concern for athletes' health, but it cannot be the sole foundation...

... so as not to project from the surface of the cartilage. Dermal necrosis may also develop during elevation of the auricle at a part of the skin graft on the posterior auricle. It is likely to develop particularly at the site of the buttress cartilage, so buttress cartilage should be covered...

...Use of Rib Cartilage in Microtia Surgery We use rib cartilage in microtia surgery for the following three purposes: (1) as a framework for the initial surgery (rib cartilage graft), (2) as a buttress for the elevated auricle in the second surgery (auricular elevation), and (3) as a column...

... repair includes a suprasellar and intrasellar abdominal fat graft, a layer of collagen sponge followed by a buttress of titanium mesh or a Medpor plate placed in the intrasellar extradural space with extension of the buttress to the anterior edge of the defect in the posterior planum. Additional fat...

... the producers modify to various lengths up to 10 mm. A Elevated constructed auricle from posterior, covered with soft connective tissue. B constructed external ear canal with Silastic cylinder. C entrance of the external ear canal with Silastic cylinder. D buttress sutured to the base plate of the auricular...

.... d-f postoperative MRI reveals the gross total removal of the tumor. The sphenoidal packing and the piece of fat (asterix) buttressing the osteodural reconstruction are recognized in figure d. Fig. 13. a-c Preoperative MR images showing a case of planum sphenoidale...

... households - none of the Mozambique sample can be considered well-off by any absolute measure - buttresses the argument that focusing on physical growth past the age of 2 years is the wrong action for the right motives. If the goal is to reduce inequity of opportunities, then instead of food provided for all...

... in activation patterns. These changes may be reflective of brain reorganization which would imply more permanent changes in the neural substrate. The changes may also represent neural compensation to buttress performance where the brain is recruiting more area without permanent alterations to the existing...

... psychiatric diagnostic categories are based on a long Euro-American tradition of describing mental disorders buttressed by several generations of research. Along the way, the categories have become entrenched as the natural way to partition mental disorders. Cultural variations are then seen as minor...

... in pathological conditions, an observation which was buttressed by several other works. Indeed, an increased number of terminal chondrocytes were reported in arthritic joints [ 112 ], of terminal endothelial cells in atherosclerotic plaques [ 113 ] and in arteriosclerosis [ 114 ], and of terminal fibroblasts...