Reconstruction of congenital microtia by using a tissue expander

Journal of Medical and Dental Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 105-116

  Hata, Yuiro ^a   Umeda, Tadashi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Expander; Microtia; Reconstruction; Sensation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CARTILAGE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COLD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXTERNAL EAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; REVIEW; SENSATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE EXPANSION; TOUCH; TRANSPLANTATION; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; CARTILAGE; CHILD; COLD; EAR, EXTERNAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAT; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SENSATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE EXPANDERS; TISSUE EXPANSION; TOUCH; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0034197181     PISSN: 13428810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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