Otoplasty: An analysis of technique over a 33-year period

Laryngoscope

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 952-956

  Stucker, Fred J ^a   Vora, Neil M ^b   Lian, Timothy S ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Lateral conchal cartilage resection; Otoplasty; Protruding ear

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EAR RECONSTRUCTION; HUMAN; LATERAL CONCHAL CARTILAGE RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROMINENT EAR; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; CHILD; EAR CARTILAGES; EAR, EXTERNAL; ESTHETICS; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRIVATE PRACTICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0038661011     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200306000-00008     Document Type: Article

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