rib cartilage
2.Methods: According to the feature of ear defection,1? 135 cases of moderate congenitial microtia were treated by different methods,including cartilage tube plasty steel wire elevation in 198 cases,free composite ear transplantation from the other ear in 72 cases and partial ear reconstruction with soft tissue skin expander together with autogenous rib cartilage framework in 865 cases.

