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Figure 1. (A) The appearance of the left microtia; (B) the appearance of the fully expanded tissue expander in the left retroauricular region; (C) the harvested costal cartilages; (D) three-dimensional (3D) costal cartilage framework; (E) the appearance of the reconstructed ear immediately following application of the negative-pressure drain; (F) the malpositioned earlobe was transferred and connected to reconstructed ear