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Head Face Medicine BioMed Central Research Open Access Nonmicrosurgical reconstruction of the auricle after traumatic amputation due to human bite Dionysios E Kyrmizakis*, Alexander D Karatzanis, Constantinos A Bourolias, John K Hadjiioannou and George A Velegrakis Address: Department of Otolaryngology, University of Crete, School of Medicine, Heraklion, Crete, Greece Email: Dionysios E Kyrmizakis* - dkyrmiz@; Alexander D Karatzanis - akaratzanis@; Constantinos A Bourolias - bourolias@altecnet.gr; John K Hadjiioannou - ghatz@; George A Velegrakis - gvel@med.uoc.gr * Corresponding author Published: 01 December 2006 Received: 06 February 2006 Accepted: 01 December 2006 Head Face Medicine 2006, 2:45 doi:10.1186/1746-160X-2-45 This article is available from: /content/2/1/45 © 2006 Kyrmizakis et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background: Traumatic auricular amputation due to human bite is not a common event. Nonetheless, it constitutes a difficult challenge for the reconstructive surgeon. Microsurgery can be performed in some cases, but most microsurgical techniques are complex and their use can only be advocated in specialized centers. Replantation of a severed ear without microsurgery can be a safe alternative as long