[The trauma of the auricle (author's transl)].

We report the methods we use in the treatment of partial loss of the upper, middle and lower part of the ear. One ear with total avulsion was replanted by the technique described by Arfai. The reconstruction of the ear is described with a frame work of autogenous rib cartilage and the "pocket technique". A method we developed with a "transposition-rotation flap" is explained.