Is it necessary to suture the platysma muscles on the midline to improve the cervical profile? An anatomic study using 20 cadavers

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 566-572

  Knipper, Patrick ^a   Mitz, Vladimir ^a   Maladry, David ^a   Saad, Georges ^a  

^a Hopital Boucicaut   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CEPHALOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; PLASTIC SURGERY; PLATYSMA MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0030840356     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199712000-00002     Document Type: Article

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