[The correction of traumatic loss of substance from the auricle of the ear (author's transl)].

Simple and reliable repair techniques are described, selected for their simplicity, rapidity and the quality of the results obtained. For losses of substance of the helix, reduction of the pavillion (Antia) or a flat retro-auricular flap suffice for a limited loss, whilst miniature tubular flaps give a good result in cases of total loss. For the concha and the lobule, flat mastoid flaps (Rao-Preaux) are very simple to carry out. Following amputation, a broad, long Crikelair mastoid flap and Converse's tunnelisation procedure may be used to reconstruct the upper 2/3 and mastoid flaps (Preaux-Brent) the lower 1/3.