Surgical creation of a Cupid's bow using W-plasty in patients after cleft lip surgery

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 375-379

  Takeshita, Ayako ^a   Nakajima, Tatsuo ^a   Kaneko, Tsuyoshi ^a   Yazawa, Masaki ^a   Tamada, Ikkei ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cleft lip; Cupid's bow; Vermilion; W plasty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLEFT LIP; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETICS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042167307     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0007-1226(03)00128-0     Document Type: Article

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