Suture algorithm for the broad or bulbous nasal tip

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 110, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1752-1764

  Gruber, Ronald P ^a,b   Friedman, Gary D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COLLUMELLA SEPTAL SUTURE; HUMAN; INTERDOMAL SUTURE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATERAL CRURAL MATTRESS SUTURE; NOSE APEX; NOSE RECONSTRUCTION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TRANSDOMAL SUTURE;

EID: 0036901965     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-200212000-00020     Document Type: Article

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