Hard-palate mucosal graft in the management of severe pincer-nail deformity

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 835-839

  Hatoko, Mitsuo ^a   Iioka, Hiroshi ^b   Tanaka, Aya ^b   Kuwahara, Masamitsu ^b   Yurugi, Satoshi ^b   Niitsuma, Katsunori ^b  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EPITHELIZATION; HARD PALATE; HARD PALATE MUCOSAL GRAFT; HUMAN; MALE; NAIL BED; NAIL DISEASE; PINCER NAIL DEFORMITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE FLAP; TISSUE GRAFT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; NAILS, MALFORMED; PALATE, HARD; TOES;

EID: 0042475327     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000070178.32975.9E     Document Type: Article

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