Ear projection and the posterior auricular muscle insertion

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 457-460

  Guyuron, Bahman ^a   DeLuca, Louis ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE GRAFT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EAR MALFORMATION; EAR RECONSTRUCTION; EAR SURGERY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; EXTERNAL EAR MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EAR, EXTERNAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLES; SURGERY, PLASTIC;

EID: 0030684151     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199708000-00030     Document Type: Article

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