The Prepuce and Circumcision: Dual Application as a Graft

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 199-203

  Aslan, Gürcan ^a,b   Sarifakioglu, Nedim ^a   Tuncali, Doǧan ^a   Terzioglu, Ahmet ^a   Bingul, Ferruh ^a  

^a SB Ankara Egitim Hastanesi   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD; CIRCUMCISION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDEMA; EVALUATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PREPUCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SKIN CULTURE; SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; CONTRACTURE; FOOT INJURIES; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0842290814     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000100897.95264.d3     Document Type: Article

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