A text-book of the diseases of the ear for students and practitioners . to infection causedby a faulty treatment of the wound. The inflammatoryswellings of the auricle, which have been observed severaltimes by the author, subsided without leaving a deformity KORNERS PLASTIC OPERATION 561 upon the application of fomentations of Burows solution {videAppendix). Regarding the shape of the external opening of the ear afterKorners plastic operation, its size and form depend on how farthe incisions are carried into the cartilage of the concha, andon the tampon used during the after-treatment. In some
A text-book of the diseases of the ear for students and practitioners . to infection causedby a faulty treatment of the wound. The inflammatoryswellings of the auricle, which have been observed severaltimes by the author, subsided without leaving a deformity KORNERS PLASTIC OPERATION 561 upon the application of fomentations of Burows solution {videAppendix). Regarding the shape of the external opening of the ear afterKorners plastic operation, its size and form depend on how farthe incisions are carried into the cartilage of the concha, andon the tampon used during the after-treatment. In some casesthe external auditory orifice becomes larger during the processof healing, while in others it shows a tendency to contract. Inthe latter case the introduction of correspondingly wide drainage-tubes is necessary during the treatment of the wound. The sizeand shape of the external auditory orifice do not give rise to adeformity which can be noticed in daily intercourse if the inci-sions are not carried too far into the cartilage of the concha, and <<.. •x. Fig. 274. only if attention is directly called to the ear is it evidentthat there is a striking difference. The accompanying figure(274) shows the external auditory orifice of a man after recoveryfrom the radical operation in which Korners plastic operationhad been performed. Before passing to the complete description of the other plasticmethods, the author would like to make a few remarks on theprocess of epidermization of the wound cavity. The process ofepidermization of the surfaces of the wound starts from theanterior inferior wall of the auditory meatus which remainsintact, and from the flap constructed from the posterior wall ofthe auditory canal. Nevertheless, there are sometimes formed, 36 . 562 DISEASES OF THE EAR as Hammerschlag* observed, little islands of epidermis on thepromontory and on the walls of the aditus ad antrum, which areindependent of the epidermis of the meatus, and from which theprocess o
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