Intraoperative tissue expansion in eyelid reconstruction

Ophthalmology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 170-175

  Foster, Jill A ^a   Scheiner, Adam J ^b   Wulc, Allan E ^c   Wallace, Ira B ^b   Greenbaum, Steven S ^d  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EYELID; EYELID RECONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE EXPANSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CLOSURE;

EID: 0031953249     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(98)92009-7     Document Type: Article

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