Fetal surgery for cleft lip: A plea for caution

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 1991, Pages 1087-1092

  Longaker, Michael T ^a   Whitby, David J ^a   Adzick, N Scott ^a   Kaban, Leonard B ^a   Harrison, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLEFT LIP; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FETUS; FETUS SURGERY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY;

CICATRIX; CLEFT LIP; FETUS; HUMAN; SURGERY, PLASTIC;

EID: 0026328094     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199112000-00023     Document Type: Article

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