Aesthetic considerations in facial reconstructive surgery: The V-Y flap revisited

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 83-86

  Kalus, Ram ^a,b   Zamora, Sergio ^a  

^a USC Division of Plastic Surgery ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aesthetic facial reconstruction; Kite flap; Subcutaneous pedicled flap; V Y flap

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ESTHETIC SURGERY; EYELID RECONSTRUCTION; FACE SURGERY; HUMAN; NOSE RECONSTRUCTION; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

FACE; HUMANS; SURGERY, PLASTIC; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0030051954     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02275583     Document Type: Article

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