Is there a difference? A prospective study comparing lateral and standard SMAS face lifts with extended SMAS and composite rhytidectomies

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1135-1147

  Ivy, Edward J ^a   Lorenc, Z Paul ^a   Aston, Sherrell J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHYTIDOPLASTY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029853857     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199612000-00001     Document Type: Article

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