Earlobe reconstruction using a subcutaneous island pedicle flap after resection of 'earlobe keloid'

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 257-261

  Hatoko, Mitsuo ^a,b   Kuwahara, Masamitsu ^a   Shiba, Aiko ^a   Tada, Hideyuki ^a   Okazaki, Tadashi ^a   Muramatsu, Tsutomu ^a   Shirai, Toshihiko ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EAR LOBE; EAR RECONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISLAND FLAP; KELOID; MALE; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

EID: 0031893679     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.1998.tb04145.x     Document Type: Article

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