Superior Helical Rim Reconstruction with a Retroauricular Perforator Transposition Flap: The Importance of a “Lifeboat” Vascular Supply

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1Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Microsurgery and Hand Surgery Unit, ASST Settelaghi, Ospedale di Circolo, Varese, Italy 2Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy Address for correspondence Federico Tamborini, MD, FEBSH, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Microsurgery and Hand Surgery Unit, ASST Settelaghi Ospedale di Circolo Viale Borri 57, Varese, 21100 (VA), Italy (e-mail: [email protected]).