Nasal amputation due to human bite: Microsurgical replantation

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 382-384

  Hussain, Gazi ^a   Thomson, Simon ^a   Zielinski, Victor ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Microsurgical anastomosis; Nasal amputation; Nasal replantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BITE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NOSE RECONSTRUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REIMPLANTATION;

EID: 0030925671     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1997.tb01995.x     Document Type: Article

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