Does a superficial musculoaponeurotic system exist in the face and neck? An anatomical study by the tissue plastination technique

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 664-672

  Gardetto, Alexander ^a,b   Dabernig, Jörg ^a   Rainer, Christian ^a   Piegger, Johannes ^a   Piza Katzer, Hildegunde ^a   Fritsch, Helga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FACE; FACE SURGERY; FASCIA; FETUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NECK; NEWBORN; PAROTID GLAND; PLASTINATION; PLATYSMA MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

ADULT; AGING; FACE; FACIAL MUSCLES; FASCIA; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NECK; NECK MUSCLES; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; RHYTIDOPLASTY; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

EID: 0037312252     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000041538.49139.11     Document Type: Article

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