Viability of crushed and diced cartilage grafts. A study in rabbits

Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-26

  Cakmak, Ozcan ^a   Bircan, Sema ^a   Buyuklu, Fuat ^a   Tuncer, Ilhan ^a   Dal, Teoman ^a   Ozluoglu, Levent Naci ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL DIVISION; CYTOLOGY; EAR CARTILAGE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; NOSE RECONSTRUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CHONDROCYTES; EAR CARTILAGES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; RABBITS; RHINOPLASTY;

EID: 17144407233     PISSN: 15212491     EISSN: 15383660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archfaci.7.1.21     Document Type: Article

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