Importance of the depressor septi nasi muscle in rhinoplasty: Anatomic study and clinical application

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 376-383

  Rohrich, Rod J ^a   Huynh, Bang ^a   Muzaffar, Arshad R ^a   Adams Jr , William P ^a   Robinson Jr , Jack B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MUSCLE TRANSPOSITION; NOSE APEX; NOSE RECONSTRUCTION; NOSE SEPTUM; ORBICULARIS ORIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UPPER LIP;

EID: 0033977249     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-200001000-00059     Document Type: Article

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