Reconstruction of congenital stenosis of external auditory canal with a postauricular chondrocutaneous flap

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2320-2324

  Yotsuyanagi, Takatoshi ^a   Urushidate, Satoshi ^a   Nihei, Yoshihiro ^a   Yokoi, Katsunori ^a   Sawada, Yukimasa ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EAR MALFORMATION; EAR RECONSTRUCTION; EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN FLAP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; EAR CANAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 0032428358     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199812000-00007     Document Type: Article

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