TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Ear Lacerations A1 - Park, Chan W. A1 - Juliano, Michael L. A1 - Woodhall, Dana A2 - Knoop, Kevin J. A2 - Stack, Lawrence B. A2 - Storrow, Alan B. A2 - Thurman, R. Jason PY - 2021 T2 - The Atlas of Emergency Medicine, 5e AB - The ear is composed of a poorly vascularized cartilaginous skeleton covered by tightly adherent skin. Given the paucity of subcutaneous tissue, injury that results in hematoma formation can cause cartilage pressure necrosis. Repair involves completely covering the exposed cartilage and preventing hematoma formation. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/06 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1181056893 ER -