Correction of auricular deformity caused by high ear-piercing: Case report

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 82-84

  Iida, Naoshige ^a   Hosaka, Yoshiaki ^b   Ogawa, Tomoko ^a  

^a AKITA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AURICULOPLASTY; CARTILAGE GRAFT; CASE REPORT; EAR INJURY; EAR LOBE PIERCING; EAR MALFORMATION; EAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; PERICHONDRITIS; PERICHONDRIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; EAR CARTILAGES; EAR DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; FEMALE; HUMANS; PUNCTURES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0037226145     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-200301000-00014     Document Type: Article

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