Figure 3.

Case 2. A 76-year old woman underwent excisions for a squamous cell carcinoma involving the external ear and mastoid area A pedicle superficial temporal artery flap (9 × 7 cm) was raised and used to reconstruct the ear defect. The flap donor site was repaired with a skin graft and a local advancement flap was harvested to reduce the skin graft size. At 6-months follow-up, the patient was pleased with the aesthetic result and was disease free. (a) Pre-operative appearance of a cancer involving external ear and mastoid area. (b) The reconstruction performed with STAP flap; the donor site was skin grafted. (c) Post-operative symmetric appearance of the brows at rest.