A simplified approach to alar base reduction: A review of 124 patients over 20 years

Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 81-93

  Kridel, Russell W H ^a,c   Castellano, Richard D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ESTHETICS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NOSE RECONSTRUCTION; NOSE SEPTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR; SKIN ABRASION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CICATRIX; DERMABRASION; ESTHETICS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NASAL SEPTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20844460623     PISSN: 15212491     EISSN: 15383660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archfaci.7.2.81     Document Type: Review

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