First webspace deepening: Comparing the four-flap and five-flap Z- plasty. Which gives the most gain?

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 120-128

  Fraulin, F O G ^a   Thomson, H G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTRACTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; STEREOMETRY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWINE; Z PLASTY;

EID: 0032978924     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199907000-00018     Document Type: Article

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