To the Editor:

Reconstruction of the anterior aspect of the auricle of the ear after oncologic surgery is often complicated and requires imagination when planning the surgical technique. The techniques usually used are direct suture, grafts, second-intention healing, and postauricular pedicle flaps, in particular the “revolving door ” flap.1 We describe an ingenious preauricular transposition flap that is situated in the defect through an incision in the posterior aspect of the antihelix. The patient was an 81-year-old man with a history of chronic bronchitis wh