Autogenous rib cartilage reconstruction of congenital ear defects: Report of 110 cases with Brent's technique

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1951-1962

  Osorno, Gabriel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b NONE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CARTILAGE GRAFT; CHILD; EAR MALFORMATION; EAR RECONSTRUCTION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROTIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB CARTILAGE; SKIN DEFECT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032719003     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199912000-00001     Document Type: Article

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