[Immediate implantation of preserved cartilage in suppurative perichondritis of the auricle (author's transl)].

Following satisfactory experiences in the treatment of abscesses of the nasal septum, preserved rib cartilage without its perichondrium was used in the immediate reconstruction of the pinna following the excision of all diseased cartilage and granulation tissue in patients with suppurative perichondritis, according to the technique of Herrmann and Boenninghaus. This prevents shrinkage and the inevitable deformity of the auricle and is demonstrated in three typical cases. In one child the graft induced a partial regeneration of autogenous fibrous cartilage, and later preserved auricular cartilage was successfully transplanted.